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Big Horn Prospect

Occurrence in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Iron, Manganese
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10027699
MRDS ID M003867
Record type Site
Current site name Big Horn Prospect
Related records 10210334

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.8591, 33.4309 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position ABOUT 7 AIR MILES EAST OF OCOTILLO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cholla Tank(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Little Horn Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bouse Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

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 001N 016W 13 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE ON THE KOFA GAME RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.8591, 33.4309
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Occurs In A Shear Zone Several Feet Wide

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Alamo Springs District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 36.58M
    Overall depth 10.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A TUNNEL, AND SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES, E.L. JR; 1915; A RECONNAISSANCE IN THE KOFA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 620 P. 162

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D.; 1933; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 118

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.