Billy Bryan Prospect

The Billy Bryan Prospect is a gold mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,999 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Billy Bryan Prospect  

State:  Arizona

County:  Mohave

Elevation: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 35.03389, -114.36250

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Billy Bryan Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Billy Bryan Prospect
Secondary: Bonanza


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: San Francisco District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Nnw To Wnw Trending Vein And Fault System In Tert Volcanic Rocks


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD

Comment (Development): BILLY BRYAN WAS BOUGHT BY THE GOLD ROAD MINING CO AND INCORPORATED INTO THEIR GOLD ROAD MINE PRIOR TO 1909


References

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1909, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND THE GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 397, P. 164


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