The Laxton Property is a tungsten and copper mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,719 feet.
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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: 5,719 Feet (1,743 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten, Copper
Lat, Long: 35.08111, -113.85417
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Laxton Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Laxton Property
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Wheeler Wash District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Owner Name: George Laxton
Years: 1940 -
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
Type: L
Description: Just S Of Soap Wash Fault Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 65.200000+-2.400000
Age Young: Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M001794 WITH RE CORD M030358 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Development): 14 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Geology): MOON CLAIMS (0.5 MI NW OF ODLE RANCH) HAVE TUNGSTEN PRODUCTION
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, 1941, ABM BULL 148
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