The Lost Mine Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,320 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: 2,320 Feet (707 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 34.52306, -113.53194
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Lost Mine Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lost Mine Prospect
Secondary: Levas-Madril
Secondary: Side Claim
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Lost 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
Not available
Production
Year: 1940
Time Period: 1940'S
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^4.56% Wo3 (Sorted Ore)
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Wall Rock Shows Strong Sericitic Alteration
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS TAKEN BY U.S.B.M. IN 1944 : 0.01 , 1.12 , 1.38 , 7.88 , 0.06 , 1.59 , NIL, NIL, 4.23 , 0.24 , 0.17 , 2.43% WO3
Materials
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): YIELDED A FEW HUNDRED POUNDS OF TUNGSTEN ORE DURING WORLD WAR I AND ALSO IN 1937
References
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., 1961 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, AND MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. I.F. 8078 , P. 65 - 6 .
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1941 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUR. OF MINES BULL. 148
Reference (Deposit): PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA, 1952 TO 1956 , 1970 , U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION R.M.E. 158 , P. 86
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