Gold Bullion Mine

The Gold Bullion Mine is a gold, molybdenum, and silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,501 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

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Site Name

Primary: Gold Bullion Mine
Secondary: Banes 1 & 2 Claims
Secondary: Last Chance
Secondary: And Tellurium Claim Groups

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Tungsten
Secondary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Baboquivari District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: H. E. Heighton
Years: 1942 -

Production

Year: 1939
Time Period: 1880-1939
Material type: AU ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1 Oz/St Au, 12 Oz/St Ag, Minor Cu, Pb

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Discovery Year: 1885
Discovery Method: 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

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Fault Fissures, Bedding Plane Faults; Some Post Mineral Faulting Crushed Quartz & Mo

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Partly Oxidized; Strongly Altered Cret Sediments

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Production): APPARENTLY ALL MINEABLE MO ORE STOPED OUT IN 1916; INTERMITTENT PR ODUCTION 1880'S, 1910-1918, 1939.

Comment (Development): ECON.COM: MILL IS IN RUINS.

Comment (Deposit): DISCONTINUOUS MINERALIZED QUARTZ FISSURE VEINS AND PEGMATITES CUTTING METASEIMENTARY AND GRANITIC ROCKS AND RHYOLITE DIKES.. QUARTZ VEINS RANGE IN SIZE AND TREND; GOLD MINED FROM 55 & 225 LEVELS; MOLY FROM 225 LEVEL.

Comment (Workings): MO STOPE LARGEST, 3 SMALLER GOLD STOPES; SHAFTS; SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS.

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050222 WITH RECORD M000098 OF JAN WILT AND RECORD D00328 OF ROBERT KING IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON, T.G. THEO DORE, USGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Reserve-Resource): TURNED DOWN FOR AN RFC LOAN IN 1943 BECAUSE MO STRINGERS TOO LEAN & FAR APART. ANOTHER HIGH GRADE POCKET WAS CONSIDERED POSSIBLE BUT HARD TO FIND

Comment (Deposit): First Production Year: 1880'S FOR AU, 1916 FOR MO

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S

References

Reference (Deposit): NOWLAN, G.A., HAXEL, G.B., HANNA, W.F., PITKIN, J.A., DIVELEY-WHITE, D.V., MCDONNELL, J.R., JR., AND LUNDBY, WILLIAM, 1989, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BABOQUIVARI PEAK AND COYOTE MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1702, 30 P.

Reference (Deposit): KIRKEMO, ANDERSON, & CREASEY, 1965, USGS BULL 1182-E

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, CUNNINGHAM, & BUTLER, 1934, ABM BULL 137

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 109

Reference (Deposit): ABM FILE DATA

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): KIRKEMO, 1965; KEITH, 1974; USBM

Reference (Reserve-Resource): ADMR, 1962

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