Blade Prospect

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

Name: Blade Prospect  

State:  Arizona

County:  Yavapai

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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