The Bi-Metal is a gold mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,002 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: 3,002 Feet (915 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.1558, -114.08080
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Bi-Metal MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bi-Metal
Secondary: Mcguire
Secondary: Oro Fino
Secondary: Una Weep
Secondary: Cadillac
Secondary: Klondyke
Secondary: Mineral Point & Also Lewis Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Mc Connico 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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Frisco Land And Mining Co.
Info Year: 1987
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1907
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): AN OXIDIZED PYRITE-BEARING CORE OF MICROCLINE GRANITE HAS HAD AN OVERLYING MINERALIZED STRUCTURE ERODED AWAY, LEAV- ING THE FINE GOLD IN THE CAVITIES FORMED BY THE LOSS OF THE PYRITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE
Reference (Deposit): MOHAVE CUSTOM MILL PROJ. CARD FILE
Reference (Reserve-Resource): NIEMUTH, N.J. ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986. AZ
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DEPT. MINES AND MINER. RESOUR., REPORT D-29(87), 1987,
Reference (Reserve-Resource): 46 PP.
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., USGS BULL 397, P. 136-137
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M., USGS BULL 1355, P. 29
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E., AZ. B.M., #180, P. 33-34
Reference (Deposit): ADMR BI-METAL MINE FILE
Reference (Deposit): MALACH, R., MOHAVE CO. MINES, P.16
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