Frisco

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10186422
MRDS ID M004538
MAS/MILS ID 0040150143
Record type Site
Current site name Frisco
Alternate or previous names Equator Prospect, Tragedy Group, Tragedy Claims
Related records 10027930

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.41661, 35.21172 (WGS84)
Elevation 921
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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 021 N 020 W 16 NE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Silver Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.41661, 35.21172

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N55E
    Dip 12S
    Width 18M
    Depth to top 300M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Strike And Dip N55E:12S
    Date of Last Modification 910906

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1894
Year of first production 1894

Comments on exploration

  • IN 1984-86, SURFACE DRILLING WAS BEING CARRIED OUT TO DISCOVER AND DEVELOP ADDITIONAL RESERVES FOR INTERMITTENT HEAP LEACH OPERATION.

Mining district

District name Union Pass

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Frisco Land And Mining Co.
    ID 0202172
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1987

Production statistics

  • Year 1916
    Period 1894-1916
    Description 1894-1916 44000 St Ore At $14/St Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 48501.68mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    NIEMUTH, N.J. ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986. AZ

  • Reserve-Resource

    DEP. MINES AND MINER. RESOUR., REP. D-29(87), 1987, 46 PP.

  • Deposit

    USGS KINGMAN MAP

  • Deposit

    USGS 7 1/2 UNION PASS MAP

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER,F.C.,USGS BULL.397,P203(MAP),211

  • Deposit

    ADMR MOHAVE CARD FILE

  • Deposit

    MOHAVE CUSTOM MILL PROJ.CARD FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMR FRISCO MINE-NINE FILE

  • Deposit

    NEED,W.H.,THE MINES HANDBOOK VOL.XVI(1925)P310

  • Deposit

    WILSON,E.D.,AZBM BULL.137,P107

  • Deposit

    LAUSEN,C.,AZBM BULL.131,P121-123

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL VOL.VI,NO.14,12-15-22,P20

  • Deposit

    GARDNER,E.D.,USBM I.C.6901,P8(MAP),47

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-SEP-91 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 12/03/1986
MSHA mine ID0202172
Mine name (MSHA)Frisco Mine
Current operatorFrisco Land & Mining Company
Current controller (parent)Bonelli B P
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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