The Bryan Mountain Prospect is a copper mine located in Yuma county, Arizona at an elevation of 899 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: 899 Feet (274 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 32.34278, -113.38917
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Bryan Mountain Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bryan Mountain Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yuma
District: Mohawk District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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.
Administrative Organization: Cabeza Prieta Game Range
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Granite Is Sheeted By Several Systems Of Joints, The Principal One Strikes N 10 W, Dips 45 Se
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1933, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 134, P. 155
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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