Boriana Mine

Mohave County, Arizona, United States

TungstenCopperGoldSilverSulfur-PyriteBerylliumMolybdenumFluorine-FluoriteCalcium

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Commodities

PrimaryTungsten

SecondaryCopper

TertiaryGold, Silver, Sulfur-Pyrite, Beryllium, Molybdenum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Calcium

Commodity typeB

Deposit

Deposit sizeM

WorkingsSurface/Underground

Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL

Ore controlFoliation In Phyllite And Certain Joint Planes In Granite; Fracturing; Lithology

Materials

Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Gold, Hematite, Molybdenite, Scheelite, Silver, Wolframite

GangueApatite, Beryl, Calcite, Chlorite, Fluorite, Microcline, Quartz

Other materialsPyrite

Geology

Host rockPhyllite,Schist

Associated rockGranite

StructureFoliation N 30-40 E, 75-90 Se, Elongation Of Phyllite Belt, Minor Faults, Faults Parallel To Foliation, Minor Faulting Offsets Veins

Tectonic settingPrecambrian Metamorphic And Igneous Rocks

AlterationSilicification & Sericitization

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer

Production yearsPRE 1918 TO 1943; 1951-1957, 1979-1980

First production1915

Last production1980

Discovery year1908

Identification

Deposit ID10008548

MRDS IDD000847

Alternate namesTungsten Mine

RegionNA

Data scoreA

Coordinates34.93753, -113.91579

References

LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.HOBBS, S.W., 1944, USGS BULL. 940-I, P. 247-264.DALE, V. B., TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, AND MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078.ADMR CLIPPINGS FILE, BORIANAVAN ALSTINE, R.E., AND MOORE, R.T., 1969, FLUORSPAR, IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 352.PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.USGS BULLETIN 940-I, P. 254.SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATS BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.HOBBS, S.W., 1944, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE BORIANA DISTRICT AND THE AQUARIUS RANGE, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 940-I.1941 GEOLMAP HOBBS, S.W. AND KLEPPER, M.RCIMRILEMMON, D.M. (UNPUBLISHED DATA); SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.USGS BULLETIN 940-I, P. 258; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.