The Buck Horn Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,098 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 5,098 Feet (1,554 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 35.35889, -113.50889
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Buck Horn Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buck Horn Prospect
Secondary: Zon Nel
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Cottonwood District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Type: L
Description: Pegmatite Dikes N 57 E, 57 Sw
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eoarchean
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAY 1 % WO3
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Workings): VERTICAL SHAFT, 2 TRENCHES, AND SEVERAL SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: MINERALIZATION OCCURS ALONG THE SOUTH CONTACT OF THE SOUTHERN PEGMATITE DIKE IN A NARROW ALTERED ZONE OF SCHIST.
References
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., 1961 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078 , P. 96
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