The Three-In-One Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,999 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: 2,999 Feet (914 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 35.04361, -113.60778
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Three-In-One Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Three-In-One Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Three-In-One 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
Not available
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
Type: L
Description: Ne Trending Shist Along Vein
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Wall Rock Altered To Sericite, Biotite
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Location): IN COTTONWOOD AREA, EAST OF THE BIG SANDY.
Comment (Production): PROBABLY ONLY FEW TONS OF COBBED ORE PRODUCED IN WORLD WAR I AND IN 1937 .
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN.
Comment (Workings): TWO SHAFTS, ALL CAVED, ONE OPEN CUT 10 FEET DEEP.
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000782 OF J.E. ELLIOTT WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1941, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA BULLETIN 148, P. 16.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE US: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP MR-25.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, AND MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078.
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