Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Ore controlVein Follows Nw Trending Fault Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
GangueCalcite, Fluorite, Gypsum, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrolusite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockTrachyte,Latite,Andesite
Associated rockTrachyte,Latite,Andesite · Oatman Andesite;Gold Road Latite;Alcyone Trachite;Times Porphyry
StructureNw Trending Faults And Veins, Tom Reed Vein Offset By Mallory Fault Near Big Jim Mine; Mallory Fault Strikes Nw But Dips 60-70 Sw
AlterationPyritized Areas More Altered; Bleaching; Kaolin, Calcite, And Chlorite Have Formed
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1909 - 1931
First production1905
Last production1939
Discovery year1900
Identification
Deposit ID10027920
MRDS IDM004499
Alternate namesBlue Ridge, Ben Harrison
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.02363, -114.38052
References
SCHRADER, F.C., 1909, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND THE GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 397, P 192.LAUSEN, C., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OATMAN AND KATHERINE DISTRICTS, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 131, P. 101.WILSON, E.D., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137, P. 80, 90.GARDNER, E.D., 1936, GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN THE BLACK MOUNTAINS, WESTERN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6901, P. 19.ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.ADMR FILE DATA.ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 137 , P. 80