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Mchur Prospect

Occurrence in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Vanadium, Molybdenum, Iron
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026846
MRDS ID M000501
Record type Site
Current site name Mchur Prospect
Alternate or previous names Probably Part of 79 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.81569, 33.06481 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hayden(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(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 Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004S 015E 21 PROBABLY SE4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ON GROUND OF 79 MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vanadium Critical Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Siderite Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Wulfenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Naco Limestone;Toronado Limestone
    Rock description Naco Limestone;Toronado Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.81569, 33.06481
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Irregular Masses Of Gossan-Like Material

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Banner District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW WORKINGS AT INTERVALS

Comments on development

  • THE MCHUR WAS A VANADIUM PROSPECT IN 1917 WHOSE EXACT LOCATION IS NO LONGER KNOWN. IT IS ASSUMED TO BE ON THE PROPERTY OF THE 79 MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, 1925, USGS BULL 771

  • Deposit

    ANTHONY ET AL, 1977, MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA, UNIV OF AZ PRESS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M000501 WITH RE CORD M030436 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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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Authoritative Arizona resources

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