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Tungsten King Prospect

Producer in Yavapai 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109028
MRDS ID M002798
Record type Site
Current site name Tungsten King Prospect
Related records 10161992

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.89406, 34.52283 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Relative position 3 MILES SW OF CAMP VERDE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Middle Verde(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sedona(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Holbrook(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Verde(hydrologic unit)

Verde(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013N 004E 14 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Wolframite Ore

Analytical data

Result 2 SAMPLES: 0.18 % AND 1.40 % WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.89406, 34.52283
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description 2 Sets Of Fractures With Some Fault Movement: N 55 W, 87 Ne And N 37 E, 67 Nw

Ore body information

  • Strike N 33 E
    Dip 47 SE
    Length 76.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tungsten Minerals Concentrate Along Both Sides Of N 37 E Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • N 55 W FRACTURES OFFSET THE N 37 E SET.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1953
Discoverer Marvin H. Cook

Mining district

District name Camp Verde District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Marvin H. Cook, Robert E. Cook, Victor Cooley

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 7.62M
    Overall depth 7.62M
    Overall length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 OPEN CUTS, ONE OF WHICH IS 100 FT LONG BY 25 FT DEEP; 2 ADITS PROBABLY LESS THAN 25 FT DEEP; AN INCLINED SHAFT OF 25 FT; AND SEVERAL SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS

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. 63

  • Production

    U.S.B.M. I.C. 8078 , P. 63

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1984 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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