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Mesa Grande Addition

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. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109044
MRDS ID M003291
Record type Site
Current site name Mesa Grande Addition
Related records 10186672

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.69881, 34.14311 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position 6 MILES SE OF YARNELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yarnell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 009N 004W 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 Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.69881, 34.14311
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Cross Fractures: N 70 E, 70 Nw And N 10 W, 65 Sw.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 13 E
    Dip 90
    Length 15.24M
    Width 0.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Enrichment At Intersections Of Vein With Narrow Cross Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rich Hill District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Production statistics

  • Year 1958
    Period 1953 - 1958
    Material CONC
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^74 % Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    WO3 Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 74wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 13.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 HILLSIDE OPENCUTS, AND 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. 41

  • Production

    U.S.B.M. I.C. 8078 , P. 41

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANOTHER VEIN, 75 FEET NORTH OF MAIN WORKINGS, STRIKES N 75 W, IS 70 FEET LONG AND 4 FEET WIDE, IMPREGNATED WITH FLOUR SCHEELITE, APPEARS TO BE OF HIGH GRADE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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