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Boriana Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Tungsten
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Reserves and resources
  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 10234839
MRDS ID D000847
MAS/MILS ID 0040150044
Record type Site
Current site name Boriana Mine
Related records 10008548

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.91799, 34.93673 (WGS84)
Elevation 1600
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wabayuma Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bagdad(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Sandy(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 018 N 016 W 13 SESE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Beryl Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Microcline Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Silver Unknown
Wolframite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.91799, 34.93673
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35E
    Dip 75E
    Thickness 1.5M
    Length 450M
    Width 120M
    Depth to top 200M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Strike And Dip N35E:75E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 50
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 820901
  • Area 24HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 24
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1915
Milling method Gravity

Mining district

District name Boriana District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Boriana Mining Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Texas
    Year 1982

Comments on the ownership information

  • BORIANA MINING CORPORATION WAS A DIFFICULT COMPANY TO TRACE. THE COMPANY WAS A CLIENT OF PIPER AND ASSOCIATES, A CONSULTING FIRM OF BUTTE, MONTANA.

Production statistics

  • Year 1915
    Description 108000 Units Of W03 Between 1915-1943. Unit = 20 Lb = 9.08 Kg.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major WO3 Tungsten Tungsten 980.64mt

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1943
    Measured 2177mt ore
    Indicated 8798mt ore
    Demonstrated 10975mt ore
    Total resources 10975mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 1 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1943
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1943
    Total resources 39908mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 1 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1943

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • QUANTITY MATRIX 1 WAS DERIVED FROM PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS. QUANTITY MATRIX 2 WAS DERIVED FROM THE SAME INFORMATION SOURCE AS QUANTITY MATRIX 1. QUANTITY MATRIX 3 WAS DERIVED FROM INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 1982, PAGE 48, AND FROM PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS (MARCH 1, 1982). M9C4=M1C2 M9C5=M3C1
  • RESERVE RECORD 1 LISTS A WO3 GRADE EQUAL TO 1 PERCENT. ACTUALLY, THE PUBLISHED GRADE IS 1 TO 1.5 PERCENT WO3. RECORD 2 SHOWS THE ACTUALLY PUBLISHED GRADE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Capacity 136
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost 5.56
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1982
  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 92M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method FILLED STOPES
    Swell Factor .43
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Percent Recovery 90
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNSUPPORTING MAY SLOUGH
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Number of Shafts 2
    Length of Inclines (m) 0
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 670
    Number of Adits 2
    1st Condition of Workings FLOODED
    2nd Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    3rd Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 50
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 96.77
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 219
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE BORIANA DISTRICT AND THE ACQUA-

  • Reserve-Resource

    RIOUS RANGE MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA BY S. W. HOBBS,

  • Reserve-Resource

    UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, GEOLOGICAL

  • Reserve-Resource

    SURVEY, BULLETIN 940-I, 1944 P. 247.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. BORIANA CLOSES MILL TO

  • Reserve-Resource

    RECOVER TUNGSTEN FROM ARIZONA TAILINGS. FEBRUARY 1980,

  • Reserve-Resource

    PP. 44-48.

  • Deposit

    DALE, V.B. TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, AND MOHAVE

  • Deposit

    COUNTIES, ARIZ. BUMINES IC 8078, 1961, PP. 72-84.

  • Deposit

    HOBBS, S.W. TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE BORIANA DISTRICT AND

  • Deposit

    THE AQUARIUS RANGE MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA. GEOLOGICAL

  • Deposit

    SURVEY, BULL. 940-I, 1944, PP.247-250.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D. TUNGSTEN (CIRCULAR PRELIMINARY TO BULLETIN

  • Deposit

    "TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA"). ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES-

  • Deposit

    UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA CIRCULAR NO. 10, MAY 1941, PP. 1-4.

  • Deposit

    MINING RECORD. OLD TUNGSTEN MINE IN ARIZONA FOR SALE.

  • Deposit

    JANUARY 1, 1980, P. 1.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA PAY DIRT. BORIANA TAILINGS OPERATION FOLDS AS SUITS

  • Deposit

    FILED. JANUARY 1980, P. 20.

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, D.F. AND OTHERS. MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REGION

  • Deposit

    AROUND BOULDER DAM. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 871, 1936,

  • Deposit

    P. 89.

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C. MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK

  • Deposit

    MOUNTAINS, AND GRAND WAS CLIFFS MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 397, 1909, PP. 20-21.

  • Deposit

    LARSON, P.B., R.L. LOWREY, AND G.R.LELAND. AVAILABILITY

  • Deposit

    OF TUNGSTEN AT VARIOUS PRICES FROM RESOURCES IN THE

  • Deposit

    UNITED STATES. BUMINES IC 8500, 1971, 65 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MIXED DOMAIN IN THE MILS DATA SET MEANS FEDERAL AND PRIVATE. THE BORIANA DEPOSIT WAS ACTUALLY DISCOVERED BEFORE 1914. THE EXACT DISCOVERY YEAR IS UNKNOWN. BETWEEN 1915 AND 1943, THE INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION OF THE BORIANA MINE AND MILL HAS AMOUNTED TO 108,000 UNITS OF WO3. A YEARLY BREAKDOWN OF THIS PRODUCTION TOTAL IS NOT AVAILABLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-OCT-1996 Amaro, R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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