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Midway Prospect

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102542
MRDS ID M003892
Record type Site
Current site name Midway Prospect
Related records 10210356

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.83635, 34.93836 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 19 MILES E OF YUCCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hibernia 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 018N 015W 14 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Muscovite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.83635, 34.93836
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Schist Foliation Is N 50 E, 80 Nw

Ore body information

  • Strike N 68 E
    Dip 85 SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE FISSURE IS ZONED AS FOLLOWS: 0.5 INCH OF GOUGE ALONG THE FAULT, 2 INCHES OF QUARTZ ON NORTH SIDE OF GOUGE, 6 INCHES OF QUARTZ ON SOUTH SIDE, NEXT IS 2 FEET OF ALTERED SCHIST, FOLLOWED BY 12 INCHES OF QUARTZ. WOLFRAMITE OCCURS IN CRYSTALLINE MASSES 1 INCH THICK AND UP TO 4 INCHES LONG.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Boriana District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 4.57M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, V.B., 1961 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078 , P. 71

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 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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