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Westlake Prospect

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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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. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026838
MRDS ID M000487
Record type Site
Current site name Westlake Prospect
Alternate or previous names Del Ray Silver Continental Tungsten
Related records 10258056

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.85902, 33.30092 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position ABOUT 12 MILES SW OF GLOBE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinal Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001S 015E 31 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Silver Ore
Wolframite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Pinal Schist
    Rock description Pinal Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.85902, 33.30092
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike NE
    Dip NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Wolframite Occurs Mostly In The Big Boulder And Centipede Veins In The Sw Part Of The Group.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pioneer District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Tonto National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • UP TO JUNE, 1940 , DEVELOPMENT OF THE VEINS HAD BEEN LIMITED TO A FEW SHORT ADITS AND SHALLOW SURFACE OPENINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1941, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 148, P. 29

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAIMS CONSIST PRINCIPALLY OF GRANULAR GLASSY GRAYISH-WHITE QUARTZ.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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