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Tungstake 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027858
MRDS ID M004229
Record type Site
Current site name Tungstake Prospect
Alternate or previous names Ba Ba

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.23081, 35.92083 (WGS84)
Elevation 927
Relative position 20 MILES SW OF PIERCE FERRY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garnet Mountain NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boulder City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Mead(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lake Mead National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 029N 018W 08 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.23081, 35.92083
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 W
    Dip 30 SW
    Length 152.4M
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Concentrations Occur Where Vertical Fractures, N 85 E, Intersect In The Veinlet (N 80 W, 30 Sw) With A Vertical Joint Set, N 5 E.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1954 - 1955

Mining district

District name Gold Hill District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Period 1954 - 1955
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^+1 % Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A FEW SHALLOW SURFACE DIGGINGS, NONE OVER 10 FEET DEEP.

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. 100

  • Production

    USBM I.C. 8078

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (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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