The Mchur Prospect is a vanadium mine located in Gila county, Arizona.
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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Mchur Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mchur Prospect
Secondary: Probably Part of 79 Mine
Commodity
Primary: Vanadium
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Iron
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Banner District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Siderite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Vanadinite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M000501 WITH RE CORD M030436 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): ON GROUND OF 79 MINE
Comment (Development): THE MCHUR WAS A VANADIUM PROSPECT IN 1917 WHOSE EXACT LOCATION IS NO LONGER KNOWN. IT IS ASSUMED TO BE ON THE PROPERTY OF THE 79 MINE
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW WORKINGS AT INTERVALS
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, 1925, USGS BULL 771
Reference (Deposit): ANTHONY ET AL, 1977, MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA, UNIV OF AZ PRESS
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