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Bi-Metal 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046351
MRDS ID M241462
Record type Site
Current site name Bi-Metal Mine
Alternate or previous names Bi Metal, Mcguire, Oro Fino, Una Weep, Cadillac, Klondyke, Mineral Point Placer
Related records 10280356

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.08191, 35.15613 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position 3.5 MILES SW OF KINGMAN, 2 MILES S OF BULL MOUNTAIN (3757 FT EL).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kingman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sacramento Wash(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 020N 017W 04 NW OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • AT VALLEY EDGE DIRECTLY SE OF RAILROAD TRACKS AND US HIGHWAY 66 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979), MIXED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.08191, 35.15613
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Structures And Foliation Generally Nw Trending With Steep Sw To Vertical Dips

Ore body information

  • Dip 0
    Thickness 24.38M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Oxidation, Surface Erosion

Comments on the geologic information

  • APLITE IS PRESENT WHERE MINERALIZATION IS MOST INTENSE. AMPHIBOLITE DIKE IS AT NE EDGE OF 250 FT OPEN CUT. TERT AGE ASSIGNMENT BASED ON NW TRENDING DIKES OF KNOWN TERT AGE IN ADJOINING DISTRICTS, AND SIMILAR AG/AU RATIOS IN KNOWN TERT DISTRICTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907
Year of first production 1908
Year of last production 1950

Mining district

District name Mcconnico District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Frisco Land And Mining Co.
    Home office Carson City, Nevada
    First year 1986
  • Type Operator
    Owner Sharon Steel
    Home office Miami Beach, Fl
    First year 1986

Comments on the production information

  • BULK SAMPLE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIRST ESTIMATE IS TOTAL RESERVES LISTED BY NIEMUTH (1987); 2ND ESTIMATE IS AS REPORTED BY SHARON STEEL.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 24.38M
    Overall length 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 250 FT OPEN CUT, 150 FT OF TUNNELLING. MINING BY OPEN PIT.

Comments on development

  • WORKED IN 1907 BY J.H. HAMMOND. OTHER OPERATORS INCLUDED W.H.M. GOLD CO, D. LEWIS, C.N. WILKENSON, S.S JONES, IN 1936, FLOTATION PROCESSES WERE USED ON A HIGH TONNAGE OF ORE (16,000). 1984-86: FRISCO TOOK OPEN PIT BULK SAMPLE AND LEACHED SAMPLE AT FRISCO MINE FACILITY; STEEL ESTIMATED RESERVES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS. BULL 397, 1909, P. 136.

  • Deposit

    ADMR BIMETAL FILE.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.

  • 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 STATS BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 397.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    NIEMUTH, 1987.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LEWIS PLACERS ON SAME PROPERTY. THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D002467 OF J.W. HASLER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit SEE ALSO LEWIS PLACER (M003972) , MIXED
Deposit AN OXIDIZED PYRITE-BEARING CORE OF MICROCLINE GRANITE HAS HAD AN OVERLYING MINERALIZED STRUCTURE ERODED AWAY LEAVING THE FINE GOLD IN THE CAVITIES FORMED BY THE LOSS OF THE PYRITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-NOV-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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