Night Hawk and White Dike Prospects

The Night Hawk and White Dike Prospects is a tungsten, gold, and copper mine located in La Paz county, Arizona.

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

Name: Night Hawk and White Dike Prospects  

State:  Arizona

County:  La Paz

Elevation:

Commodity: Tungsten, Gold, Copper

Lat, Long: 33.55306, -114.08556

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Night Hawk and White Dike Prospects MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Night Hawk and White Dike Prospects
Secondary: Colorado Mine Group


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper


Location

State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Southern Plomosa District


Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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

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Ownership

Not available


Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past 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: Sonoran Desert


Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

Not available


Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): ABOUT 10 AIR MILES SE OF QUARTZSITE.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE IN POCKETS IN PEGMATITE DIKES. SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000836 OF J.E. ELLIOTT WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Production): WORKED ON SMALL SCALE 1942-44 WITH YIELD OF ABOUT 100 UNITS OF WO3 IN HIGH GRADE ORE

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS.


References

Reference (Deposit): U.S.B.M. CARD FILE.

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., UNPUB. DATA.

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON & TWETO, 1962, USGS MAP MR-25.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI


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