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South Side Prospect

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Chromium
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Production statistics
  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 10027557
MRDS ID M003354
Record type Site
Current site name South Side Prospect
Related records 10259319

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.0352, 34.67837 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 12 MILES NE OF BAGDAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Behm Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bagdad(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Maria(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 015N;015N 007W;008W 17,18;13 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Chromium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Wolframite Ore

Analytical data

Result CHROMIUM ASSAYS 6 % IN FAULT ZONE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.0352, 34.67837
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE SHAPED, DISCONTINUOUS
    Strike N 80 E
    Dip 75 S
    Width 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Camp Wood District

Production statistics

  • Year 1942
    Material CONC
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^70 % Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 70wt-pct
  • Year 1958
    Period 1954 - 1958
    Material CONC
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^60 % Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 60wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS, SHALLOW SHAFTS, AND SHALLOW PITS AND OPENCUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, V.B., 1961 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078 , P. 51

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE VEIN PATTERNS: E-STRIKE, 82 S DIP; N 65 W, 80 S; AND N 75 E, 75 S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1984 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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