Prospect Near Old Millsite

Occurrence in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver, Lead
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027686
MRDS ID M003825
Record type Site
Current site name Prospect Near Old Millsite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.77301, 34.82364 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR AMERICAN MOLYBDENUM MINE, 1.25 MI SW OF DIAMOND JOE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Diamond Joe Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bagdad(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Sandy(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(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 Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017N 014W Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Diamond Joe Stock
    Rock description Diamond Joe Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.77301, 34.82364

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Shear Zone With Oxidized Copper

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Diamond Joe District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M003825 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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