South Vulture Prospect

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

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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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