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Bi-Metal

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10280356
MRDS ID M241462
MAS/MILS ID 0040150376
Record type Site
Current site name Bi-Metal
Alternate or previous names Mcguire, Oro Fino, Una Weep, Cadillac, Klondyke, Mineral Point & Also Lewis Placers
Related records 10046351

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.0816, 35.15582 (WGS84)
Elevation 915
Location accuracy 250(meters)

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 020 N 017 W 04 N2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.0816, 35.15582
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 91M
    Length 91M
    Width 24M
    Field Value
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 910829

Comments on the geologic information

  • AN OXIDIZED PYRITE-BEARING CORE OF MICROCLINE GRANITE HAS HAD AN OVERLYING MINERALIZED STRUCTURE ERODED AWAY, LEAV- ING THE FINE GOLD IN THE CAVITIES FORMED BY THE LOSS OF THE PYRITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1907

Mining district

District name Mc Connico District

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Frisco Land And Mining Co.
    Year 1987

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    DEPT. MINES AND MINER. RESOUR., REPORT D-29(87), 1987,

  • Reserve-Resource

    46 PP.

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE

  • Deposit

    MOHAVE CUSTOM MILL PROJ. CARD FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMR BI-METAL MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., USGS BULL 397, P. 136-137

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M., USGS BULL 1355, P. 29

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E., AZ. B.M., #180, P. 33-34

  • Deposit

    MALACH, R., MOHAVE CO. MINES, P.16

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-SEP-1991 Admr U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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