Lentz Black Rock Prospect

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102540
MRDS ID M003853
Record type Site
Current site name Lentz Black Rock Prospect
Related records 10259144

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.9944, 35.04419 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position 10 MILES SE OF KINGMAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hualapai Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Valentine(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Williams(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)

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 019N 016W 08 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.9944, 35.04419

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Foliation Conformable To Vein Direction

Ore body information

  • General form SMALL POCKETS
    Strike N 60 E
    Dip 55 NW
    Thickness 0.1M
    Length 1.22M
    Width 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ophir District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1957
    Material CONC
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^60 % Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    WO3 Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 60wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW PITS AND PROSPECT HOLES

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. 88

  • Production

    U.S.B.M. IC. 8078 , P. 88

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Johnson, K. H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1979 Creasey, S. C. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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