The Bishop's Knoll Mine is a gold and copper mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,301 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,301 Feet (1,311 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 34.16222, -111.29306
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Bishop's Knoll Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bishop's Knoll Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Green Valley District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1950
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
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Major Nw Trending Fault Nearby.
Type: L
Description: Faulting Occurs Later Than The Intrusion Of The Dikes Payson Granite Outcrops E Of Fault. Tertiary Sediments Outcrop 1 Mile S Of Mine. Nw-Se Fissures Are Common, Parallel Ne-Sw. Diorite Dikes Also Present. Ne-Trending Thrust Fault 1 Mile E Of Mine.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Comments
Comment (Development): 51 CLAIMS IN 1920
Comment (Workings): VERY LITTLE DEVELOPMENT WROK HAS BEEN ON THE PROPERTY
Comment (Location): LOCATION IN GENERAL AREA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1900'S
References
Reference (Deposit): LAUSEN, C., WILSON, E. D., 1924 , GOLD AND COPPER DEPOSITS NEAR PAYSON, ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN 120 , P. 41 .
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL, MAY 1920, P17.
Reference (Deposit): CONWAY,C.M.1976. PETROLOGY, STRUCTURE, AND EVOLUTION OF A PRECAMBRIAN VOLCANIC AND PLUTONIC COMPLEX, TONTO BASIN, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA,CALIF INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, PHD THESIS
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