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Mendevil Prospect

Occurrence in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Barium-Barite, Strontium, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027230
MRDS ID M002559
Record type Site
Current site name Mendevil Prospect
Alternate or previous names Draper

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.58329, 33.12146 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Relative position 3000 FT SSE OF THE REVELATION NO. 2 CLAIM.

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

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 La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 003S;004S 023W;023W 36;01 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary
Strontium Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Carbonatization

Analytical data

Result 5% PB
Result 15 OZS AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.58329, 33.12146
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone Strikes N10w And Dips Steeply Northwest

Ore body information

  • General form VUGS & IRREGULAR MASSES
    Strike N10W
    Dip NW
    Length 1097.28M
    Width 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A FEW SHALLOW CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, 1933, ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 134, P. 60.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1978, ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 192, P. 74.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1993 Orris, Greta J. 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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