Laxton Property

Occurrence in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper, Molybdenum, Lead, Zinc
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027043
MRDS ID M001794
Record type Site
Current site name Laxton Property
Related records 10113368

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.85496, 35.08113 (WGS84)
Elevation 1743
Relative position 2 MI W OF ODLE RANCH, 13 MI 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

Dean Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Valentine(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Williams(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 020N 015W 26,27 NE4 (27) Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Wolframite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Cretaceous
    Chronological age 65.2
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.85496, 35.08113

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Just S Of Soap Wash Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E
    Dip 70 SW
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pyritic Quartz Veins, Wolframite Generally Occurs Near Hanging Wall

Comments on the geologic information

  • MOON CLAIMS (0.5 MI NW OF ODLE RANCH) HAVE TUNGSTEN PRODUCTION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wheeler Wash District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner George Laxton
    First year 1940

Comments on development

  • 14 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, 1941, ABM BULL 148

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M001794 WITH RE CORD M030358 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. 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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