Bishop's Knoll Mine

The Bishop's Knoll Mine is a gold and copper mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,301 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: Bishop's Knoll Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Gila

Elevation: 4,301 Feet (1,311 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Copper

Lat, Long: 34.16222, -111.29306

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Bishop's Knoll Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Bishop's Knoll Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper


Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Green Valley District


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1950
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: LINEAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Major Nw Trending Fault Nearby.

Type: L
Description: Faulting Occurs Later Than The Intrusion Of The Dikes Payson Granite Outcrops E Of Fault. Tertiary Sediments Outcrop 1 Mile S Of Mine. Nw-Se Fissures Are Common, Parallel Ne-Sw. Diorite Dikes Also Present. Ne-Trending Thrust Fault 1 Mile E Of Mine.


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcocite


Comments

Comment (Development): 51 CLAIMS IN 1920

Comment (Workings): VERY LITTLE DEVELOPMENT WROK HAS BEEN ON THE PROPERTY

Comment (Location): LOCATION IN GENERAL AREA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1900'S


References

Reference (Deposit): LAUSEN, C., WILSON, E. D., 1924 , GOLD AND COPPER DEPOSITS NEAR PAYSON, ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN 120 , P. 41 .

Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL, MAY 1920, P17.

Reference (Deposit): CONWAY,C.M.1976. PETROLOGY, STRUCTURE, AND EVOLUTION OF A PRECAMBRIAN VOLCANIC AND PLUTONIC COMPLEX, TONTO BASIN, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA,CALIF INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, PHD THESIS


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