Mcmahan Prospect

Occurrence in Yuma county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Iron, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027224
MRDS ID M002541
Record type Site
Current site name Mcmahan Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.1041, 32.54537 (WGS84)
Elevation 189
Relative position 3/4 MILE NORTH OF THE DOUBLE EAGLE SHAFT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yuma(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wellton SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuma(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

El Centro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Gila(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

USAF(Federal land areas administered by USAF)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yuma

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010S 018W 22 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ON W SIDE OF COYOTE WASH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.1041, 32.54537

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description In This Immediate Vicinity, The Gneiss Has Been Faulted Sufficiently To Show Considerable Variation In Strike And Dip . Fault Zone Striking Se, 2-3 Ft Wide

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Width 0.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION IN PREC GNEISS THAT WAS REMETAMORPHOSED IN THE MESOZOIC.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name La Posa District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 55 DEG NE INCLINED SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 134, P. 175.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    WALLABY ENTERPRISES, TUCSON, AZ, MINING DISTRICT DATA BASE FILE.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AU, AG, AND CU IN QUARTZ VEINS NEAR APLITIC DIKES. MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH TWO-MICA GRANITE INTRUSIONS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1979 Hall, R.K. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.