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Billy Mack Mine

Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027865
MRDS ID M004246
Record type Site
Current site name Billy Mack Mine
Alternate or previous names Ruby
Related records 10235075

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.19162, 34.18865 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Relative position 8 MILES BY ROAD NORTHEAST OF PARKER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cross Roads(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Parker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010N 019W 24 CENTER OF S2 OF S2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • AT THE BASE OF BILLY MACK MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Specularite Ore
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) The Whole Series Has Been Subjected To Pressure, And, As The Schistosity Developed Far More Easily In The Basic Rock Than In The Limestones, The Basic Rock Shows Contortion, While The Limestone Are Only Crushed And Brecciated In Places

Analytical data

Result ABOUT 3,000 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING ABOUT 4.5% CU, 0.6 OZ AU/TON, AND 0.2 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Cross-Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR BUNCHES, POCKETS
    Strike NE
    Dip 45NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Deposit Occupies The Contact Plane Between The Underlying Limestone And The Micaceous Chlorite Schist

Comments on the geologic information

  • THREADS AND DISSEMINATIONS OF FREE GOLD IN POROUS QUARTZ; THRUST(?) FAULT BRINGS PREC METAMORPHICS OVER MESOZOIC METASEDIMENTS; LOCAL QUARTZ MONZONITE AND DIABASE DIKES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1870
Year of last production 1960

Mining district

District name Cienega District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1960
    Period 1909-1960
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^4.5 % Cu, 0.6 Oz Au/Ton, 0.2 Oz Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 6g/mt
    Major Ore Gold Gold 17g/mt
    Major Ore Copper Copper 5wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 50.29M

Comments on development

  • WORKED SPORADICALLY FROM THE EARLY 1900'S; MINING, MAINLY FROM 1909 TO 1919 AND 1943 TO 1960; PAST OPERATORS INCLUDE: MILLS, TED VENHOFF (1957), WILLIAM RAY (1955), G.D. PAXSON (1950), FRANK ALLEN (1949), OLAN HARRIS, BILLY MACK MINING CO., ILLINOIS ARIZONA COPPER CO., RUBY GOLD AND COPPER CO., HENRY SLOAN, AND STEPHAN AND GEORGE KIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 137, P. 126

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 451, P. 74

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 192, P. 123

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA

  • Production

    (1) A.B.M. BULLETIN 137, P. 126. (8) KEITH, S.B., 1978.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION CONTROLLED BY FRACTURE INTERSECTIONS, ALONG A STEEPLY-DIPPING THRUST (?) FAULT ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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