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Frisco Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Reserves and resources
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027930
MRDS ID M004538
Record type Site
Current site name Frisco Mine
Related records 10186422

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.41609, 35.21002 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position 1.75 MILES SW OF UNION PASS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Union Pass(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 021N 020W 16 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1992)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SOME ENRICHED ORE CARRIED $3 AU PER POUND.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Katherine Granite;Golden Door Volcanics
    Rock description Katherine Granite;Golden Door Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.41609, 35.21002
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw To Nnw Trending Normal Faulting
Type of structure Local
Structure description Tert Flows Strike Nw, Dip 30-40 Ne, And Overlie Prec Granite And Gneiss

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS, TABULAR
    Strike N 55 E
    Dip 12 SE
    Width 5.49M
    Depth to top 91.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between Granite And Rhyolite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1894
Year of first production 1894
Production years 1894 - 1935

Mining district

District name Union Pass District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Frisco Land And Mining Co.
    First year 1987

Production statistics

  • Year 1935
    Material ORE AVG
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.14 To 0.30 Oz Au/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 6g/mt

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1987
    Total resources 68000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.883 g/mt Gold Major 1987

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • CUT AND FILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAUSEN, C., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OATMAN AND KATHERINE DISTRICTS, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 131, P. 121.

  • Deposit

    GARDNER, E.D., 1936, GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN THE BLACK MOUNTAINS, WESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6901, P. 47.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 374-E, 1963, PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ABM BULL. 131, P. 123; USBM I.C. 6901, P. 47.

  • Reserve-Resource

    SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN AT CONTACT BETWEEN GRANITE AND RHYOLITE FLOW.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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