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Wikieup Prospect

Occurrence in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037088
MRDS ID M030373
Record type Site
Current site name Wikieup Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.61689, 34.62865 (WGS84)
Elevation 829
Relative position 5.5 MI S OF WIKIEUP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wikieup(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 015N 013W 14,15,16,21,22,23 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HIGHER VALUES FOR MO WERE OUTSIDE CU HIGH.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Ferrimolybdite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericite, Clay, Potassic, Propylitic (Chlorite, Epidote), Phylliti C; Green Supergene Carbonate Halo

Analytical data

Result SOIL SURVEY DATA 8-4200 PPM CU, 0-595 PPM CU, 0-595 MO
Result DDH DATA 1 50-430 PPM CU, 30-140 PPM MO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Cretaceous
    Chronological age 58.1
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.61689, 34.62865
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description E-W Right Lateral, Strike-Slip Fault; Silicified Gangue

Controls for ore emplacement

  • More Sulfides In Younger Set Of Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Devils Wash District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hecla Mining Co.
    First year 1963

Comments on the workings information

  • RECENT BULLDOZER CUTS, SHORT DRIFTS, & DRILL LOCATIONS. AS SMALL COPPER LEACH OPERATION WAS ATTEMPTED IN THE MID 1960'S. HECLA MINING C O DRILLED 662 FT INCLINED HOLE AND RAN I.P. IN 1962-1963

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    HANSEN, 1977, PH.D. THESIS, UNIV OF IDAHO

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030373 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.

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