The Gold Reef Prospect is a tungsten and iron mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 600 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: 600 Feet (183 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten, Iron
Lat, Long: 33.08139, -114.51139
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Gold Reef Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Reef Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Silver 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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR MASSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON MILITARY RESERVATION.
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN.
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000834 OF J.E. ELLIOTT WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): PARKER, F.Z., 1966, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER DISTRICT, TRIGO MOUNTAINS, YUMA COUNTY ARIZONA: MASTERS THESIS, SAN DIEGO STATE COLLEGE.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1941, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 148.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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