The Boriana Mine is a tungsten mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,249 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: 5,249 Feet (1,600 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 34.9367, -113.91720
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Boriana Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Boriana Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Boriana District
Land Status
Land ownership: Mixed
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
Type: Patented
Type: Other
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Boriana Mining Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Texas
Info Year: 1982
Production
Year: 1915
Description: 108000 Units Of W03 Between 1915-1943. Unit = 20 Lb = 9.08 Kg.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Milling Method: Gravity
Year First Production: 1915
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: M
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Arsenopyrite
Unknown: Wolframite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Molybdenite
Unknown: Microcline
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Beryl
Unknown: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MIXED DOMAIN IN THE MILS DATA SET MEANS FEDERAL AND PRIVATE. THE BORIANA DEPOSIT WAS ACTUALLY DISCOVERED BEFORE 1914. THE EXACT DISCOVERY YEAR IS UNKNOWN. BETWEEN 1915 AND 1943, THE INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION OF THE BORIANA MINE AND MILL HAS AMOUNTED TO 108,000 UNITS OF WO3. A YEARLY BREAKDOWN OF THIS PRODUCTION TOTAL IS NOT AVAILABLE.
Comment (Ownership): BORIANA MINING CORPORATION WAS A DIFFICULT COMPANY TO TRACE. THE COMPANY WAS A CLIENT OF PIPER AND ASSOCIATES, A CONSULTING FIRM OF BUTTE, MONTANA.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): QUANTITY MATRIX 1 WAS DERIVED FROM PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS. QUANTITY MATRIX 2 WAS DERIVED FROM THE SAME INFORMATION SOURCE AS QUANTITY MATRIX 1. QUANTITY MATRIX 3 WAS DERIVED FROM INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 1982, PAGE 48, AND FROM PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS (MARCH 1, 1982). M9C4=M1C2 M9C5=M3C1
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVE RECORD 1 LISTS A WO3 GRADE EQUAL TO 1 PERCENT. ACTUALLY, THE PUBLISHED GRADE IS 1 TO 1.5 PERCENT WO3. RECORD 2 SHOWS THE ACTUALLY PUBLISHED GRADE.
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. BORIANA CLOSES MILL TO
Reference (Reserve-Resource): RECOVER TUNGSTEN FROM ARIZONA TAILINGS. FEBRUARY 1980,
Reference (Reserve-Resource): PP. 44-48.
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B. TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, AND MOHAVE
Reference (Deposit): COUNTIES, ARIZ. BUMINES IC 8078, 1961, PP. 72-84.
Reference (Deposit): HOBBS, S.W. TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE BORIANA DISTRICT AND
Reference (Deposit): THE AQUARIUS RANGE MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA. GEOLOGICAL
Reference (Deposit): SURVEY, BULL. 940-I, 1944, PP.247-250.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D. TUNGSTEN (CIRCULAR PRELIMINARY TO BULLETIN
Reference (Deposit): "TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA"). ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES-
Reference (Reserve-Resource): TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE BORIANA DISTRICT AND THE ACQUA-
Reference (Reserve-Resource): RIOUS RANGE MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA BY S. W. HOBBS,
Reference (Reserve-Resource): UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, GEOLOGICAL
Reference (Reserve-Resource): SURVEY, BULLETIN 940-I, 1944 P. 247.
Reference (Deposit): AROUND BOULDER DAM. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 871, 1936,
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK
Reference (Deposit): MOUNTAINS, AND GRAND WAS CLIFFS MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA.
Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 397, 1909, PP. 20-21.
Reference (Deposit): LARSON, P.B., R.L. LOWREY, AND G.R.LELAND. AVAILABILITY
Reference (Deposit): OF TUNGSTEN AT VARIOUS PRICES FROM RESOURCES IN THE
Reference (Deposit): UNITED STATES. BUMINES IC 8500, 1971, 65 PP.
Reference (Deposit): UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA CIRCULAR NO. 10, MAY 1941, PP. 1-4.
Reference (Deposit): MINING RECORD. OLD TUNGSTEN MINE IN ARIZONA FOR SALE.
Reference (Deposit): JANUARY 1, 1980, P. 1.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA PAY DIRT. BORIANA TAILINGS OPERATION FOLDS AS SUITS
Reference (Deposit): FILED. JANUARY 1980, P. 20.
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, D.F. AND OTHERS. MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REGION
Reference (Deposit): P. 89.
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