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Ophir 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027687
MRDS ID M003828
Record type Site
Current site name Ophir Prospect
Related records 10259007

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.02107, 35.00781 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 12 MILES 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

Kingman SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sacramento Wash(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 Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 019N;019N 017W;016W 24,25;30 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.02107, 35.00781
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Foliation Of The Host Rock Is The Same As Vein Strike And Dip

Ore body information

  • Strike N 43 E
    Dip 60 NW
    Width 0.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ophir District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 3.66M

Comments on the workings information

  • FEW SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS AND OPENCUTS

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. 89

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Johnson, K. H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1979 Creasey, S. C. 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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