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Mail Pouch Prospect

Occurrence in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027721
MRDS ID M003955
Record type Site
Current site name Mail Pouch Prospect
Alternate or previous names Little Golden

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.05496, 34.13561 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Relative position NEAR OSBOURNE WELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Osborne Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Parker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(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 La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 009N 017W 8 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.05496, 34.13561
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike S20E
    Dip 40N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Occupies A Fissure In The Gneiss-Schist Series

Comments on the geologic information

  • NEAR LOW-ANGLE FAULT BETWEEN MID-TERT SEDIMENTS AND UNDERLYING MESOZOIC-CENOZOIC GNEISS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pride District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHORT SHAFT AND OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BANCROFT, HOWLAND; 1911; ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 451, P. 123

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-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.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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