The South Vulture Prospect is a mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,001 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: 2,001 Feet (610 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 33.80111, -112.84444
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South Vulture Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: South Vulture Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Vulture 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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mrs. Seidletz
Years: 1941 -
Owner Name: Anthony Fenninger
Years: 1960 -
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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): CLAIMS EXTEND ALONG RIDGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Development): 10 UNPATENTED CLAIMS; PREVIOUS OPERATORS INCLUDE CAPT. JACOB CONN (1935), SOUTH VULTURE MINING CO. (CHAS. FLURSHEIM) (1938), A.F. MERCIER (1941)
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHORT ADITS AND SMALL OPEN CUTS ; MAIN WORKINGS CONSIST OF SHAFT 206 FT WITH DRIFTING AT 200 FT LEVEL AND WINZE OF 56 FEET FROM THE 200 FT LEVEL WITH DRIFTING AT THE BOTTOM
Comment (Geology): THERE IS SUPPOSEDLY A VEIN 10 FEET IN FROM THE FOOTWALL SIDE OF THE SHAFT.
Comment (Deposit): 10 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, WORKED IN 1936. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): METZGER, O.H., 1938, GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN THE WICKENBURG AREA, MARICOPA AND YAVAPI COUNTIES, ARIZ., U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 6991.
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES
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