The South Side Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,400 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: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 34.67833, -113.03444
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South Side Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: South Side Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Chromium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Camp Wood District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1942
Material type: CONC
Description: Ap_Grade: ^70 % Wo3
Year: 1958
Time Period: 1954 - 1958
Material type: CONC
Description: Cp_Grade: ^60 % Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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
Form: WEDGE SHAPED, DISCONTINUOUS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CHROMIUM ASSAYS 6 % IN FAULT ZONE
Materials
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THREE VEIN PATTERNS: E-STRIKE, 82 S DIP; N 65 W, 80 S; AND N 75 E, 75 S
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL ADITS, SHALLOW SHAFTS, AND SHALLOW PITS AND OPENCUTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., 1961 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078 , P. 51
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