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Mohave Chief & Norma Prospect

Occurrence in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027704
MRDS ID M003882
Record type Site
Current site name Mohave Chief & Norma Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.01107, 34.23004 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Relative position JUST SOUTH OF MINERAL HILL PROSPECT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Osborne Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Parker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bill Williams(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

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 010N 017W 10,11 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Brochantite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Limestone Replaced By Specular Hematite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.01107, 34.23004
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Near Low Angle Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Width 0.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Occurs In Fissures Which Cut Across The Country Rock

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN IN METAMORPHOSED,FOLDED AND FAULTED PALEOZOIC LIMESTONE AND LIMEY SHALE OVERLYING GNEISS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Planet District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL OPEN CUTS AND AN ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BANCROFT, HOWLAND; 1911; ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 451, P. 58

  • Deposit

    ABGMT FILE DATA;KEITH,S.B.

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

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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