Big Jim Mine

The Big Jim Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Mohave county, Arizona.

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: Big Jim Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Mohave

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 35.01972, -114.37222

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Big Jim Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Big Jim Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Asbestos


Location

State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Oatman District


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: 1942
Time Period: 1934-1942
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.17 Oz/Ton Ag, 0.22 Oz/Ton Au


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Mexican Highland


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: LENTICULAR, LONG & NARROW


Structure

Type: R
Description: Nnw To Wnw Trending Vein And Fault System In Tert Volcanic Rocks

Type: L
Description: The Mallory Fault Throws Upper Portion Of Vein Down And To The Sw Displacing Big Jim-Aztec Ore Shoot To Form The Gray Eagle Ore Shoot


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

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


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: AU: AG=2:1
Analytical Data: AT 800 FT $4.80/T
Analytical Data: AT 700 FT $5.40/T
Analytical Data: AVG GRADE OF VEIN ABOVE 600 FT $19/T
Analytical Data: $12/TON AU (1931)


Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Gypsum


Comments

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FROM THE EARLY 1900'S IS INCLUDED IN ABGMT-USBM FIGURES FOR THE UNITED EASTERN; LATER PRODUCTION UNDER THE NAME BIG JIM INCLU DES SOME PRODUCTION FROM THE GREY EAGLE

Comment (Development): PREVIOUS OWNERS/OPERATORS INCLUDE: UNITED EASTERN, TOM REED GOLD MINING CO, DAN FIGUEROA, J & W MINING INC, G. H. HARRISON, BIG JIM OPE RATING, JOHNSON & WITCHER, S.A. THAYER, GEO. A. PIGGOT, FRANK LYNCH, G ONZOLES

Comment (Deposit): BIG JIM VEIN IS OFFSET FROM THE TOM REED VEIN BY FAULTING

Comment (Workings): ORE EXTENDED FROM FIRST LEVEL TO SIXTH LEVEL

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M004495 WITH RE CORD M030367 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT


References

Reference (Deposit): LAUSEN, 1931, ABM BULL 131

Reference (Deposit): LAUSEN, 1942, PRINCETON UNIV. PRESS

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): AIME TRANS, 1928, V. 76, P. 64

Reference (Production): ABM BULL 131, ABM FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): GARDNER, 1936, USBM IC 6901


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