Brighter Days Mine

The Brighter Days Mine is a lead, gold, and silver mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,001 feet.

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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: Brighter Days Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Mohave

Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)

Commodity: Lead, Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 35.41194, -114.14722

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Brighter Days Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Brighter Days Mine


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc


Location

State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Wallapai 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

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Year: 1936
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^8.1 % Pb, 1.217 Oz Au/Ton, 14.3 Oz Ag/Ton


Deposit

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


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Prec Schistosity N30e, Lcret Veins, Fissures, Dikes Nw To Nnw Regionally


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Limonite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE COMBINED WITH SAMOA AND LUCKY BOY MINES. BY 1943 TOTAL PRODUCTION EXCEEDED $1,000,000 .

Comment (Development): OPERATED WITH THE LUCKY BOY IN THE EARLY 1900'S AND WITH THE SAMOA AND LUCKY BOY IN THE 1940'S AND 50'S; SEE LUCKY BOY AND SAMOA MINES FOR PRODUCTION

Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION, LCRET


References

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1909 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 397

Reference (Deposit): PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA, 1952 TO 1956 ; U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, RME - 158 , JUNE 1970

Reference (Deposit): HAURY, P.S., 1947 , EXAMINATION OF PB-ZN MINES IN THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA; U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORTS OF INVESTIGATION # 4101

Reference (Production): U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101

Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES: BULL(S) 137 AND 140

Reference (Deposit): DINGS, M.G., 1951 , THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, CERBAT MOUNTAINS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 978 - E


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