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Big Jim Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Lead, Copper, Asbestos
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027919
MRDS ID M004495
Record type Site
Current site name Big Jim Mine
Related records 10259484

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.37302, 35.01974 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.75 MI SE OF OATMAN, ABOUT 0.4 MI S OF ELEPHANT TOOTH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Nutt(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Havasu-Mohave Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 019N 020W 23 SE4 OF SW4 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Asbestos Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result $12/TON AU (1931)
Result AVG GRADE OF VEIN ABOVE 600 FT $19/T
Result AT 700 FT $5.40/T
Result AT 800 FT $4.80/T
Result AU: AG=2:1

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Oatman Andesite;Gold Road Latite
    Rock description Oatman Andesite;Gold Road Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.37302, 35.01974
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nnw To Wnw Trending Vein And Fault System In Tert Volcanic Rocks
Type of structure Local
Structure description The Mallory Fault Throws Upper Portion Of Vein Down And To The Sw Displacing Big Jim-Aztec Ore Shoot To Form The Gray Eagle Ore Shoot

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR, LONG & NARROW
    Strike N35W
    Dip 70NE
    Thickness 10.67M
    Length 457.2M
    Width 137.16M
    Depth to top 76.2M
    Depth to bottom 198.12M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Oatman District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1942
    Period 1934-1942
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.17 Oz/Ton Ag, 0.22 Oz/Ton Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 6g/mt
    Ore Silver Silver 5g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FROM THE EARLY 1900'S IS INCLUDED IN ABGMT-USBM FIGURES FOR THE UNITED EASTERN; LATER PRODUCTION UNDER THE NAME BIG JIM INCLU DES SOME PRODUCTION FROM THE GREY EAGLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1828.8M
    Overall depth 228.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • ORE EXTENDED FROM FIRST LEVEL TO SIXTH LEVEL

Comments on development

  • PREVIOUS OWNERS/OPERATORS INCLUDE: UNITED EASTERN, TOM REED GOLD MINING CO, DAN FIGUEROA, J & W MINING INC, G. H. HARRISON, BIG JIM OPE RATING, JOHNSON & WITCHER, S.A. THAYER, GEO. A. PIGGOT, FRANK LYNCH, G ONZOLES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARDNER, 1936, USBM IC 6901

  • Deposit

    LAUSEN, 1931, ABM BULL 131

  • Deposit

    LAUSEN, 1942, PRINCETON UNIV. PRESS

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    AIME TRANS, 1928, V. 76, P. 64

  • Production

    ABM BULL 131, ABM FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BIG JIM VEIN IS OFFSET FROM THE TOM REED VEIN BY FAULTING
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M004495 WITH RE CORD M030367 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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