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Green Back Prospect

Producer in Yavapai 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109053
MRDS ID M003472
Record type Site
Current site name Green Back Prospect
Related records 10259516

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.1991, 34.51393 (WGS84)
Elevation 1006
Relative position 4 1/2 MILES SSE OF BAGDAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bagdad(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bagdad(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Maria(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 014N 009W 27,34 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result U.S.B.M. ASSAYS RANGE FROM 1.8 TO 0.1 % WO3

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.1991, 34.51393
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Length 167.64M
    Width 0.61M
    Depth to bottom 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Central Portion Of The Vein, Quartz-Feldspar Zone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1953
Discoverer James Russel

Mining district

District name Zannarapolis District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner R And R Tungsten
    First year 1953
  • Type Owner
    Owner Gladys Russel
    First year 1958

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION THOUGHT TO BE A FEW CAR LOADS OF ORE OF UNKNOWN GRADE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCH, SHALLOW SHAFT, ADIT, AND SEVERAL SURFACE CHANNEL SAMPLES.

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. 58

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 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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