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Brighter Days Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102553
MRDS ID M004034
Record type Site
Current site name Brighter Days Mine
Related records 10259403

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.14802, 35.41196 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 4.5 MILES WEST OF CHLORIDE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chloride(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Red Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(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 023N 018W 01 SE OF NE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.14802, 35.41196
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Prec Schistosity N30e, Lcret Veins, Fissures, Dikes Nw To Nnw Regionally

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 W
    Dip 85 NE
    Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION, LCRET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1900 - 1909 , 1936

Mining district

District name Wallapai District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1936
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^8.1 % Pb, 1.217 Oz Au/Ton, 14.3 Oz Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 34g/mt
    Ore Lead Lead 8wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 404g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE COMBINED WITH SAMOA AND LUCKY BOY MINES. BY 1943 TOTAL PRODUCTION EXCEEDED $1,000,000 .

Comments on development

  • OPERATED WITH THE LUCKY BOY IN THE EARLY 1900'S AND WITH THE SAMOA AND LUCKY BOY IN THE 1940'S AND 50'S; SEE LUCKY BOY AND SAMOA MINES FOR PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES: BULL(S) 137 AND 140

  • Deposit

    DINGS, M.G., 1951 , THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, CERBAT MOUNTAINS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 978 - E

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1909 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 397

  • Deposit

    PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA, 1952 TO 1956 ; U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, RME - 158 , JUNE 1970

  • Deposit

    HAURY, P.S., 1947 , EXAMINATION OF PB-ZN MINES IN THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA; U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORTS OF INVESTIGATION # 4101

  • Production

    U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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