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Buck Horn Prospect

Occurrence in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027616
MRDS ID M003531
Record type Site
Current site name Buck Horn Prospect
Alternate or previous names Zon Nel
Related records 10259350

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.50967, 35.35891 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position ON WRIGHT CREEK, 11 MILES BY ROAD SW OF HIWAY 66 AT A POINT BETWEEN HACKBERRY AND PEACH SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valentine SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Valentine(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Williams(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Red Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(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 023N 012W 24 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAY 1 % WO3

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.50967, 35.35891
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Pegmatite Dikes N 57 E, 57 Sw

Ore body information

  • Strike N 77 E
    Dip 90
    Length 21.34M
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures Along Foliation Of Schist

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINERALIZATION OCCURS ALONG THE SOUTH CONTACT OF THE SOUTHERN PEGMATITE DIKE IN A NARROW ALTERED ZONE OF SCHIST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cottonwood District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 7.01M
    Overall length 24.38M
    Overall width 2.13M

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL SHAFT, 2 TRENCHES, AND SEVERAL SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, V.B., 1961 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078 , P. 96

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Johnson, K. H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1979 Creasey, S. C. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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