The Brighter Days Mine is a lead, gold, and silver mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,001 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
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 35.41194, -114.14722
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Brighter Days Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Brighter Days Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Wallapai 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1936
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^8.1 % Pb, 1.217 Oz Au/Ton, 14.3 Oz Ag/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Prec Schistosity N30e, Lcret Veins, Fissures, Dikes Nw To Nnw Regionally
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE COMBINED WITH SAMOA AND LUCKY BOY MINES. BY 1943 TOTAL PRODUCTION EXCEEDED $1,000,000 .
Comment (Development): OPERATED WITH THE LUCKY BOY IN THE EARLY 1900'S AND WITH THE SAMOA AND LUCKY BOY IN THE 1940'S AND 50'S; SEE LUCKY BOY AND SAMOA MINES FOR PRODUCTION
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION, LCRET
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1909 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 397
Reference (Deposit): PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA, 1952 TO 1956 ; U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, RME - 158 , JUNE 1970
Reference (Deposit): HAURY, P.S., 1947 , EXAMINATION OF PB-ZN MINES IN THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA; U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORTS OF INVESTIGATION # 4101
Reference (Production): U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES: BULL(S) 137 AND 140
Reference (Deposit): DINGS, M.G., 1951 , THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, CERBAT MOUNTAINS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 978 - E
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