Bi-Metal Mine

The Bi-Metal Mine is a gold mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,999 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

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Site Name

Primary: Bi-Metal Mine
Secondary: Bi Metal
Secondary: Mcguire
Secondary: Oro Fino
Secondary: Una Weep
Secondary: Cadillac
Secondary: Klondyke
Secondary: Mineral Point Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Mcconnico 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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Frisco Land And Mining Co.
Home Office: Carson City, Nevada
Years: 1986 -

Owner Name: Sharon Steel
Home Office: Miami Beach, Fl
Years: 1986 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1908
Year Last Production: 1950
Discovery Year: 1907
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: Structures And Foliation Generally Nw Trending With Steep Sw To Vertical Dips

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Amphibolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Development): WORKED IN 1907 BY J.H. HAMMOND. OTHER OPERATORS INCLUDED W.H.M. GOLD CO, D. LEWIS, C.N. WILKENSON, S.S JONES, IN 1936, FLOTATION PROCESSES WERE USED ON A HIGH TONNAGE OF ORE (16,000). 1984-86: FRISCO TOOK OPEN PIT BULK SAMPLE AND LEACHED SAMPLE AT FRISCO MINE FACILITY; STEEL ESTIMATED RESERVES.

Comment (Deposit): AN OXIDIZED PYRITE-BEARING CORE OF MICROCLINE GRANITE HAS HAD AN OVERLYING MINERALIZED STRUCTURE ERODED AWAY LEAVING THE FINE GOLD IN THE CAVITIES FORMED BY THE LOSS OF THE PYRITE.

Comment (Workings): 250 FT OPEN CUT, 150 FT OF TUNNELLING. MINING BY OPEN PIT.

Comment (Production): BULK SAMPLE.

Comment (Geology): APLITE IS PRESENT WHERE MINERALIZATION IS MOST INTENSE. AMPHIBOLITE DIKE IS AT NE EDGE OF 250 FT OPEN CUT. TERT AGE ASSIGNMENT BASED ON NW TRENDING DIKES OF KNOWN TERT AGE IN ADJOINING DISTRICTS, AND SIMILAR AG/AU RATIOS IN KNOWN TERT DISTRICTS.

Comment (Deposit): LEWIS PLACERS ON SAME PROPERTY. THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D002467 OF J.W. HASLER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO LEWIS PLACER (M003972) , MIXED

Comment (Location): AT VALLEY EDGE DIRECTLY SE OF RAILROAD TRACKS AND US HIGHWAY 66 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979), MIXED

Comment (Reserve-Resource): FIRST ESTIMATE IS TOTAL RESERVES LISTED BY NIEMUTH (1987); 2ND ESTIMATE IS AS REPORTED BY SHARON STEEL.

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS. BULL 397, 1909, P. 136.

Reference (Deposit): ADMR BIMETAL FILE.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.

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 STATS BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 397.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): NIEMUTH, 1987.

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