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Murphy Tungsten Prospect

Past Producer 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027693
MRDS ID M003851
Record type Site
Current site name Murphy Tungsten Prospect
Alternate or previous names Wheeler
Related records 10234838

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.81357, 35.09002 (WGS84)
Elevation 1451
Relative position 3 MILE SE OF DEAN PEAK

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)

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 25,26 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES: 0.01 , 0.01 , 0.01 , 0.01 , 0.98 , 1.20 % WO3

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.81357, 35.09002
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 18 E
    Dip 85 SE
    Length 213.36M
    Width 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1939

Mining district

District name Wheeler Wash District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1939
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^10 % Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 10wt-pct
  • Year 1939
    Material CONC
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^65 % Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 65wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHALLOW OPEN CUTS

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

  • Production

    U.S.B.M. I.C. 8078 , P. 90

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Johnson, K. H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-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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