Billy Mack Mine

The Billy Mack Mine is a copper and gold mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 801 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

Name: Billy Mack Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  La Paz

Elevation: 801 Feet (244 Meters)

Commodity: Copper, Gold

Lat, Long: 34.18861, -114.19083

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Billy Mack Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Billy Mack Mine
Secondary: Ruby


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver


Location

State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Cienega 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

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Year: 1960
Time Period: 1909-1960
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^4.5 % Cu, 0.6 Oz Au/Ton, 0.2 Oz Ag/Ton


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1870
Year Last Production: 1960
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: Sonoran Desert


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR BUNCHES, POCKETS


Structure

Type: L
Description: Cross-Fractures


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The Whole Series Has Been Subjected To Pressure, And, As The Schistosity Developed Far More Easily In The Basic Rock Than In The Limestones, The Basic Rock Shows Contortion, While The Limestone Are Only Crushed And Brecciated In Places


Rocks

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ABOUT 3,000 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING ABOUT 4.5% CU, 0.6 OZ AU/TON, AND 0.2 OZ AG/TON


Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Gold
Ore: Specularite
Gangue: Limonite


Comments

Comment (Location): AT THE BASE OF BILLY MACK MOUNTAIN

Comment (Development): WORKED SPORADICALLY FROM THE EARLY 1900'S; MINING, MAINLY FROM 1909 TO 1919 AND 1943 TO 1960; PAST OPERATORS INCLUDE: MILLS, TED VENHOFF (1957), WILLIAM RAY (1955), G.D. PAXSON (1950), FRANK ALLEN (1949), OLAN HARRIS, BILLY MACK MINING CO., ILLINOIS ARIZONA COPPER CO., RUBY GOLD AND COPPER CO., HENRY SLOAN, AND STEPHAN AND GEORGE KIN.

Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION CONTROLLED BY FRACTURE INTERSECTIONS, ALONG A STEEPLY-DIPPING THRUST (?) FAULT ZONE.

Comment (Geology): THREADS AND DISSEMINATIONS OF FREE GOLD IN POROUS QUARTZ; THRUST(?) FAULT BRINGS PREC METAMORPHICS OVER MESOZOIC METASEDIMENTS; LOCAL QUARTZ MONZONITE AND DIABASE DIKES.


References

Reference (Production): (1) A.B.M. BULLETIN 137, P. 126. (8) KEITH, S.B., 1978.

Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 137, P. 126

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 451, P. 74

Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 192, P. 123

Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA


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