The Frisco Mine is a gold mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,999 feet.
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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
Elevation: 2,999 Feet (914 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.21, -114.41528
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Frisco Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Frisco Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Union Pass 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
Owner Name: Frisco Land And Mining Co.
Years: 1987 -
Production
Year: 1935
Material type: ORE AVG
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.14 To 0.30 Oz Au/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1894
Discovery Year: 1894
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: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: STRINGERS, TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nw To Nnw Trending Normal Faulting
Type: L
Description: Tert Flows Strike Nw, Dip 30-40 Ne, And Overlie Prec Granite And Gneiss
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SOME ENRICHED ORE CARRIED $3 AU PER POUND.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1992)
Comment (Deposit): VEIN AT CONTACT BETWEEN GRANITE AND RHYOLITE FLOW.
Comment (Workings): CUT AND FILL.
References
Reference (Deposit): LAUSEN, C., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OATMAN AND KATHERINE DISTRICTS, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 131, P. 121.
Reference (Deposit): GARDNER, E.D., 1936, GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN THE BLACK MOUNTAINS, WESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6901, P. 47.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 374-E, 1963, PLATE 1.
Reference (Deposit): SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): ABM BULL. 131, P. 123; USBM I.C. 6901, P. 47.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.
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