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Bull Canyon Group

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper, Molybdenum, Beryllium, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102536
MRDS ID M003786
Record type Site
Current site name Bull Canyon Group
Alternate or previous names Iguana, Tungstate
Related records 10234383

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.90662, 34.9492 (WGS84)
Elevation 1731
Relative position 15 MI NE OF YUCCA, 3.5 MI BY ROAD FROM BORIA MINE.

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 018N 015W 07,08,18 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Beryl Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Scheelite-Bearing Rock Is More Micaceous And Limonite Stained

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.90662, 34.9492
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Phyllite, Foliation N30-40e, 75-90se

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N40E
    Dip 80S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Foliation In Phyllite And Joint Planes In Granite

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PHYLLITE IS PART OF A PENDANT IN THE GRANITE ABOUT 0.5 MI WIDE AND SEVERAL MILES LONG TO NE. ONLY QUARTZ VEINS NEAR CENTER OF PHYLLITE BELT CONTAIN TUNGSTEN OF COMMERCIAL VALUE. HEAVIEST CONCENTRATION OF TUNGSTEN OCCURS ON NW SIDE OF GRANITE; SOME DISSEMINATED THROUGH SW PART OF GRANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1928
Discoverer Jim Craig & William Boke

Mining district

District name Boriana District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Boriana Mining Co., Dye And Bathrick
    First year 1946

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Period 1941-1943
    Material CONC
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^69% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    WO3 Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 69wt-pct
  • Year 1956
    Period 1951-1956
    Material WO3
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^59-65% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    WO3 Tungsten Tungsten 62wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 22.86M
    Overall length 7.62M
    Overall width 5.49M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS ON 3 VEINS ABOUT 75 FT DEEP AND 150-300 FT LONG. ON GRANITE ON N45W STRIKING ZONE HAS BEEN OPENED BY A SURFACE CUT 18 X 25 X 15 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, 1961, USBM IC 8078, P. 84-86.

  • Deposit

    HOBBS, 1944, USGS BULL 940-I.

  • Deposit

    KERR, 1946, GSA MEM 15.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    USBM IC 8078, P. 84.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRIKE & DIP GIVEN FOR PHYLLITE. STRIKE CHANGES TO N50-60 E IN GRANITE. QUARTZ OCCURS IN VEINS, BERYL IN VEINLETS AND ON OUTER EDGES OF VEINS.
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M003786 WITH RECORD M030350 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. THIS RECORD ALSO CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D002953 OF J.W. HASLER. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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