The Bull Canyon Group is a tungsten mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,679 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: 5,679 Feet (1,731 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 34.94917, -113.90583
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Bull Canyon Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bull Canyon Group
Secondary: Iguana
Secondary: Tungstate
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Boriana 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Boriana Mining Co., Dye And Bathrick
Years: 1946 -
Production
Year: 1956
Time Period: 1951-1956
Material type: WO3
Description: Cp_Grade: ^59-65% Wo3
Year: 1943
Time Period: 1941-1943
Material type: CONC
Description: Cp_Grade: ^69% Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1928
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: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Type: L
Description: Phyllite, Foliation N30-40e, 75-90se
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Scheelite-Bearing Rock Is More Micaceous And Limonite Stained
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Beryl
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): STRIKE & DIP GIVEN FOR PHYLLITE. STRIKE CHANGES TO N50-60 E IN GRANITE. QUARTZ OCCURS IN VEINS, BERYL IN VEINLETS AND ON OUTER EDGES OF VEINS.
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS ON 3 VEINS ABOUT 75 FT DEEP AND 150-300 FT LONG. ON GRANITE ON N45W STRIKING ZONE HAS BEEN OPENED BY A SURFACE CUT 18 X 25 X 15 FT.
Comment (Geology): THE PHYLLITE IS PART OF A PENDANT IN THE GRANITE ABOUT 0.5 MI WIDE AND SEVERAL MILES LONG TO NE. ONLY QUARTZ VEINS NEAR CENTER OF PHYLLITE BELT CONTAIN TUNGSTEN OF COMMERCIAL VALUE. HEAVIEST CONCENTRATION OF TUNGSTEN OCCURS ON NW SIDE OF GRANITE; SOME DISSEMINATED THROUGH SW PART OF GRANITE.
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M003786 WITH RECORD M030350 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. THIS RECORD ALSO CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D002953 OF J.W. HASLER. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): DALE, 1961, USBM IC 8078, P. 84-86.
Reference (Deposit): HOBBS, 1944, USGS BULL 940-I.
Reference (Deposit): KERR, 1946, GSA MEM 15.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): USBM IC 8078, P. 84.
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