Gold Reef Prospect

Occurrence in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Iron
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. 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 10027191
MRDS ID M002421
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Reef Prospect
Related records 10210205

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.51218, 33.08146 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Relative position ABOUT 3.5 MI. BY TRAIL NORTH OF KNOWLES CAMP.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Picacho(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trigo Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ARMY(Federal land areas administered by ARMY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004S 022W 15 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON MILITARY RESERVATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.51218, 33.08146

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR MASSES
    Strike N55W
    Dip 80S
    Length 152.4M
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Principal Vein Occurs Within A Fault Fissure That Strikes N55w And Dips 80s

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARKER, F.Z., 1966, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER DISTRICT, TRIGO MOUNTAINS, YUMA COUNTY ARIZONA: MASTERS THESIS, SAN DIEGO STATE COLLEGE.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000834 OF J.E. ELLIOTT WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. 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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