USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Mohave County
Boriana Mine
Source Corroborated Tungsten Mixed Underground / Surface 4 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Mohave
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Tungsten
- Verification
- Source Corroborated
Also known as
- Tungsten Mine
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
-
Adit
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 4 adit symbols
- Adit : Wabayuma Peak , 1967
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
-
Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
- USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_type
Verification
Source Corroborated
Additional historical source evidence corroborates this record. This is not a member field verification of current conditions.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Molybdenum Corp. Of America · Historical operator
- Boriana Mining Co. · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Apatite
- Beryl
- Calcite
- Chlorite
- Fluorite
- Microcline
- Quartz
- Chalcopyrite
View all 15 reported minerals
- Apatite
- Beryl
- Calcite
- Chlorite
- Fluorite
- Microcline
- Quartz
- Chalcopyrite
- Gold
- Hematite
- Molybdenite
- Scheelite
- Silver
- Wolframite
- Pyrite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped adit symbols (4)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Related underground mines
Buck Horn Prospect
Arizona · Mohave County
Unconfirmed Tungsten Occurrence Mixed Underground/Surface
Documented shaft evidence
Black Rock Deposit
Arizona · Mohave County
Unconfirmed Tungsten Occurrence Mixed Underground/Surface
Berger Phillips Mine
Arizona · Mohave County
Unconfirmed Tungsten Past Producer Underground
Bull Canyon Group
Arizona · Mohave County
Unconfirmed Tungsten Past Producer Mixed Underground/Surface
Documented adit evidence