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Lost Mine Prospect

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027611
MRDS ID M003520
Record type Site
Current site name Lost Mine Prospect
Alternate or previous names Levas-Madril, Side Claim
Related records 10162314

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.53272, 34.5231 (WGS84)
Elevation 707
Relative position 5 1/2 MILES NE OF SIGNAL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenwood Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bagdad(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Burro(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 014N 012W 29 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Wolframite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Wall Rock Shows Strong Sericitic Alteration

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS TAKEN BY U.S.B.M. IN 1944 : 0.01 , 1.12 , 1.38 , 7.88 , 0.06 , 1.59 , NIL, NIL, 4.23 , 0.24 , 0.17 , 2.43% WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.53272, 34.5231
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 83 E
    Dip 60 N
    Length 182.88M
    Width 0.46M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lost District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1940
    Period 1940'S
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^4.56% Wo3 (Sorted Ore)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 5wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • YIELDED A FEW HUNDRED POUNDS OF TUNGSTEN ORE DURING WORLD WAR I AND ALSO IN 1937

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 54.86M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 6.1M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, V.B., 1961 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, AND MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. I.F. 8078 , P. 65 - 6 .

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1941 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUR. OF MINES BULL. 148

  • Deposit

    PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA, 1952 TO 1956 , 1970 , U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION R.M.E. 158 , P. 86

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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