Mine detail: Boriana Mine

Previously called 'Tungsten Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 34.93753, -113.91579

Resource(B)

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold, Silver, Sulfur-Pyrite, Beryllium, Molybdenum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Calcium
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Hematite, Molybdenite, Scheelite, Silver, Wolframite
Gangue: Apatite, Beryl, Calcite, Chlorite, Fluorite, Microcline, Quartz
Orebody form: PINCH AND SWELL
Other material: Pyrite
Discovery year: 1908

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: PRE 1918 TO 1943; 1951-1957, 1979-1980
First production started: 1915
Last production ended: 1980

Geology

Host type:Phyllite,Schist
Associated type:Granite
Structure:Foliation N 30-40 E, 75-90 Se, Elongation Of Phyllite Belt, Minor Faults, Faults Parallel To Foliation, Minor Faulting Offsets Veins
Tectonic:Precambrian Metamorphic And Igneous Rocks
Alteration processes:Silicification & Sericitization

References

MRDSD000847
DEP10008548
Reference{Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.}{Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.}{Deposit:: HOBBS, S.W., 1944, USGS BULL. 940-I, P. 247-264.}{Deposit:: DALE, V. B., TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, AND MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078.}{Deposit:: ADMR CLIPPINGS FILE, BORIANA}{Deposit:: VAN ALSTINE, R.E., AND MOORE, R.T., 1969, FLUORSPAR, IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 352.}{Deposit:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.}{Deposit:: USGS BULLETIN 940-I, P. 254.}{Deposit:: SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATS BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Deposit:: HOBBS, S.W., 1944, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE BORIANA DISTRICT AND THE AQUARIUS RANGE, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 940-I.}{Deposit:: 1941 GEOLMAP HOBBS, S.W. AND KLEPPER, M.R}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: LEMMON, D.M. (UNPUBLISHED DATA); SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.}{Reserve-Resource:: USGS BULLETIN 940-I, P. 258; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.}
ReporterElliott, James E., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Carbonaro, Marguerite M., Orris, Greta J.