| Deposit ID | 10048048 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M800012 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bi-Metals Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Snaffle Mine, Sneffell Mine, Santa Rosa Mine |
| Related records | 10210861 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.22935, 34.24838 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 872 |
| Relative position | 2.1 MILES SOUTH OF CLEATOR, ARIZONA. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Yavapai(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bumble Bee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)
Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Prescott National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Yavapai |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 010N | 001E | 14 | SE OF NW | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Crazy Basin Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Crazy Basin Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| (1) | -112.22935, 34.24838 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Foliation Trends N 20 W |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Vein Parallels Foliation |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 20 W |
| Dip | 65 NE |
| Thickness | 1.83M |
| Length | 396.24M |
| Width | 30.48M |
| Depth to bottom | 30.48M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1897 |
| Year of first production | 1908 |
| Year of last production | 1961 |
| District name | Black Canyon District |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Roy Potts |
| First year | 1961 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.004HA |
| Length | 60.96M |
| Overall depth | 30.48M |
| Overall length | 24.38M |
| Overall width | 1.52M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M800012 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040250217 |
ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE.
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
JEROME, S.E., 1956 UNPUB PH.D.UNIV OF UTAH, 145 P.
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: LATE 1890'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1981 | Dewitt, Ed H. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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