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Turquoise Mountain

Occurrence in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodity Molybdenum
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037085
MRDS ID M030365
Record type Site
Current site name Turquoise Mountain
Alternate or previous names Mineral Park Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.1508, 35.3528 (WGS84)
Elevation 1472
Relative position SOUTH OF MINERAL PARK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cerbat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sacramento Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(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 023N 018W 25 E2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Ithaca Peak Granite
    Rock description Ithaca Peak Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Cretaceous
    Chronological age 71.5
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Cretaceous
    Chronological age 7.15
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Cretaceous
    Chronological age 7.15
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Cretaceous
    Chronological age 71.5

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.1508, 35.3528
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MOLY GEOCHEMICAL ANOMALIES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wallapai District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EIDEL ET AL, 1968 AIME GRATON-SALES VOLUME, P. 1258-1281.

  • Deposit

    DINGS, 1951, USGS BULL 978-E.

  • Deposit

    DRAKE, 1972, PH.D. THESIS, COLUMBIA UNIV.

  • Deposit

    DAMON & MAUGER, 1966, SOC. MET. ENGR. TRANS, V. 235, P. 99-112.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030365 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. 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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