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South Vulture Prospect

Occurrence in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Vanadium
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027308
MRDS ID M002811
Record type Site
Current site name South Vulture Prospect
Related records 10137631

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.84519, 33.80117 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 1 MILE SOUTH OF THE VULTURE MINE; 6 MILES SOUTH-SOUTH WEST OF VULTURE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vulture Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005N 006W 01 SW OF NW OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIMS EXTEND ALONG RIDGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.84519, 33.80117
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THERE IS SUPPOSEDLY A VEIN 10 FEET IN FROM THE FOOTWALL SIDE OF THE SHAFT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Vulture District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Anthony Fenninger
    First year 1960
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Seidletz
    First year 1941

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 124.97M
    Overall depth 78.03M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHORT ADITS AND SMALL OPEN CUTS ; MAIN WORKINGS CONSIST OF SHAFT 206 FT WITH DRIFTING AT 200 FT LEVEL AND WINZE OF 56 FEET FROM THE 200 FT LEVEL WITH DRIFTING AT THE BOTTOM

Comments on development

  • 10 UNPATENTED CLAIMS; PREVIOUS OPERATORS INCLUDE CAPT. JACOB CONN (1935), SOUTH VULTURE MINING CO. (CHAS. FLURSHEIM) (1938), A.F. MERCIER (1941)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    METZGER, O.H., 1938, GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN THE WICKENBURG AREA, MARICOPA AND YAVAPI COUNTIES, ARIZ., U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 6991.

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 10 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, WORKED IN 1936. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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