The Jonell Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona.
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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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Jonell Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jonell Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Tussock District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Palmer, W. L.
Years: 1958 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1953
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: Schistosity N 20 E, 77 Nw; Dike Strikes N 24 E, Shows Gneissic Structure
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SPARSELY DISSEMINATED GRAINS OF SCHEELITE OCCUR IN GABBRO DIKE, WITH NO ASSOCIATION TO EPIDOTE. A 1-INCH STRINGER STRIKES N 45 E AND DIPS 74 NW CONTAINS SCHEELITE AND WOLFRAMITE. THIS STRINGER HAS BEEN EXPOSED FOR ONLY A FEW FEET. SCHEELITE IS ALSO THINLY SCATTERED OVER AN AREA OVER 1 MILE LONG AND A FEW HUNDRED FEET WIDE.
Comment (Workings): 7 SHALLOW OPENCUTS AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF OPEN BULLDOZER TRENCHES
References
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., 1961 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078 , P. 36
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