The Billy Mack Mine is a copper and gold mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 801 Feet (244 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 34.18861, -114.19083
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Billy Mack Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Billy Mack Mine
Secondary: Ruby
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Cienega District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Year: 1960
Time Period: 1909-1960
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^4.5 % Cu, 0.6 Oz Au/Ton, 0.2 Oz Ag/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1870
Year Last Production: 1960
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR BUNCHES, POCKETS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Cross-Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The Whole Series Has Been Subjected To Pressure, And, As The Schistosity Developed Far More Easily In The Basic Rock Than In The Limestones, The Basic Rock Shows Contortion, While The Limestone Are Only Crushed And Brecciated In Places
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ABOUT 3,000 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING ABOUT 4.5% CU, 0.6 OZ AU/TON, AND 0.2 OZ AG/TON
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Gold
Ore: Specularite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): AT THE BASE OF BILLY MACK MOUNTAIN
Comment (Development): WORKED SPORADICALLY FROM THE EARLY 1900'S; MINING, MAINLY FROM 1909 TO 1919 AND 1943 TO 1960; PAST OPERATORS INCLUDE: MILLS, TED VENHOFF (1957), WILLIAM RAY (1955), G.D. PAXSON (1950), FRANK ALLEN (1949), OLAN HARRIS, BILLY MACK MINING CO., ILLINOIS ARIZONA COPPER CO., RUBY GOLD AND COPPER CO., HENRY SLOAN, AND STEPHAN AND GEORGE KIN.
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION CONTROLLED BY FRACTURE INTERSECTIONS, ALONG A STEEPLY-DIPPING THRUST (?) FAULT ZONE.
Comment (Geology): THREADS AND DISSEMINATIONS OF FREE GOLD IN POROUS QUARTZ; THRUST(?) FAULT BRINGS PREC METAMORPHICS OVER MESOZOIC METASEDIMENTS; LOCAL QUARTZ MONZONITE AND DIABASE DIKES.
References
Reference (Production): (1) A.B.M. BULLETIN 137, P. 126. (8) KEITH, S.B., 1978.
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 137, P. 126
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 451, P. 74
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 192, P. 123
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA
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