Mine detail: Big Jim Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.01974, -114.37302

Resource(B)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Molybdenum, Lead, Copper, Asbestos
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Gold, Wulfenite
Gangue:	Calcite, Gypsum, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR, LONG & NARROW

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Oatman Andesite;Gold Road Latite
Associated type:	Latite
Structure:	Nnw To Wnw Trending Vein And Fault System In Tert Volcanic Rocks, The Mallory Fault Throws Upper Portion Of Vein Down And To The Sw Displacing Big Jim-Aztec Ore Shoot To Form The Gray Eagle Ore Shoot

References

MRDS	M004495
DEP	10027919
Reference	{Deposit:: GARDNER, 1936, USBM IC 6901}{Deposit:: LAUSEN, 1931, ABM BULL 131}{Deposit:: LAUSEN, 1942, PRINCETON UNIV. PRESS}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ADMR FILE DATA}{Deposit:: AIME TRANS, 1928, V. 76, P. 64}{Production:: ABM BULL 131, ABM FILE DATA}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.