The Blade Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,800 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
Elevation: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 34.15, -112.24750
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Blade Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blade Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Tip Top District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1944
Time Period: 1943 - 1944
Description: Cp_Grade: ^20 Tons Conc.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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
Type: R
Description: Batholith (Quartz Monzonite) Rather Massive And Strureless
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 1720.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 1720.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC QUARTZ MONZONITE. DEPOSIT POSSIBLY RRELATED TO RHYOLITE PORPHYRY DIKES NEARBY
References
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962 , TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S.: U.S.G.S. MAP, MR - 25 .
Reference (Production): LEMMON, D.M.
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