| Location: | Mohave County, Arizona, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 34.93753, -113.91579 |
| dep_id: | 10008548 |
| mrds_id: | D000847 |
| Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Tungsten |
| Minor mineral: | Copper |
| Trace mineral: | Gold, Silver, Sulfur-Pyrite, Beryllium, Molybdenum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Calcium |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Medium ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Hematite, Molybdenite, Scheelite, Silver, Wolframite |
| gangue: | Apatite, Beryl, Calcite, Chlorite, Fluorite, Microcline, Quartz |
| other_matl: | Pyrite |
| orebody_fm: | PINCH AND SWELL |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| alteration: | Silicification & Sericitization |
| conc_proc: | The Ore Bearing Veins Appear To Have Originated In The Granite Intrusive At The North End Of The Vein Zone. The Richer Veins Occur In Areas Where The Phyllite Is Softer, While The Veins Are More Narrow And Lean In Areas With Hard And Blocky Phyllite. |
| ore_ctrl: | Foliation In Phyllite And Certain Joint Planes In Granite; Fracturing; Lithology |
| Reporter: | Elliott, James E., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Carbonaro, Marguerite M., Orris, Greta J. |
| hrock_type: | Phyllite,Schist |
| arock_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 |
| Year first produced: | 1915 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1980 |
| dy_ba: | < |
| disc_yr: | 1908 |
| prod_yrs: | PRE 1918 TO 1943; 1951-1957, 1979-1980 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.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.
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