Turquoise Mountain

The Turquoise Mountain is a molybdenum mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,829 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Turquoise Mountain
Secondary: Mineral Park Property

Commodity

Primary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Wallapai District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 7.150000+-2.600000
Age Young: Cretaceous

Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 71.500000+-2.600000
Age Young: Cretaceous

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 71.500000+-2.600000
Age Young: Cretaceous

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 7.150000+-2.600000
Age Young: Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Molybdenite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030365 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Geology): MOLY GEOCHEMICAL ANOMALIES

References

Reference (Deposit): EIDEL ET AL, 1968 AIME GRATON-SALES VOLUME, P. 1258-1281.

Reference (Deposit): DINGS, 1951, USGS BULL 978-E.

Reference (Deposit): DRAKE, 1972, PH.D. THESIS, COLUMBIA UNIV.

Reference (Deposit): DAMON & MAUGER, 1966, SOC. MET. ENGR. TRANS, V. 235, P. 99-112.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

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