The Big Jim Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Mohave county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Big Jim Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Jim Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Asbestos
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Oatman District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: 1942
Time Period: 1934-1942
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.17 Oz/Ton Ag, 0.22 Oz/Ton Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Form: LENTICULAR, LONG & NARROW
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nnw To Wnw Trending Vein And Fault System In Tert Volcanic Rocks
Type: L
Description: 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
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AU: AG=2:1
Analytical Data: AT 800 FT $4.80/T
Analytical Data: AT 700 FT $5.40/T
Analytical Data: AVG GRADE OF VEIN ABOVE 600 FT $19/T
Analytical Data: $12/TON AU (1931)
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Gypsum
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FROM THE EARLY 1900'S IS INCLUDED IN ABGMT-USBM FIGURES FOR THE UNITED EASTERN; LATER PRODUCTION UNDER THE NAME BIG JIM INCLU DES SOME PRODUCTION FROM THE GREY EAGLE
Comment (Development): PREVIOUS OWNERS/OPERATORS INCLUDE: UNITED EASTERN, TOM REED GOLD MINING CO, DAN FIGUEROA, J & W MINING INC, G. H. HARRISON, BIG JIM OPE RATING, JOHNSON & WITCHER, S.A. THAYER, GEO. A. PIGGOT, FRANK LYNCH, G ONZOLES
Comment (Deposit): BIG JIM VEIN IS OFFSET FROM THE TOM REED VEIN BY FAULTING
Comment (Workings): ORE EXTENDED FROM FIRST LEVEL TO SIXTH LEVEL
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M004495 WITH RE CORD M030367 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): LAUSEN, 1931, ABM BULL 131
Reference (Deposit): LAUSEN, 1942, PRINCETON UNIV. PRESS
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): AIME TRANS, 1928, V. 76, P. 64
Reference (Production): ABM BULL 131, ABM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): GARDNER, 1936, USBM IC 6901
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