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What-A-Pal 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109051
MRDS ID M003412
Record type Site
Current site name What-A-Pal Prospect
Related records 10113200

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.25824, 34.28811 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 1.5 MILES W OF CLEATOR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Battle Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(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 011N 001E 16 SE OF SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS BASED ON DIRECTION GIVEN IN DALE AND THE LOCATION GIVEN BY USBM FILES

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.25824, 34.28811
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS, GRAINS
    Strike N 15 E
    Dip 52 NW
    Length 60.96M
    Width 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1953
Discoverer Benjamin P. Scott

Mining district

District name Money Maker District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Benjamin P. Scott
    First year 1958

Production statistics

  • Year 1953
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^20 % Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    WO3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 20wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 16.15M
    Overall width 5.49M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 OPEN CUTS; ONE 30 FT LONG WITH 15 FT FACE, ONE 15 FT LONG WITH 10 FT FACE, AND ONE 8 FT LONG AND 10 FT 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. 24

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRINGERS AND GRAINS 2 INCHES WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 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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