The White Horse Prospect is a mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,249 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: 4,249 Feet (1,295 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 35.37361, -114.16111
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White Horse Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Horse Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Wallapai 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: Unknown
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE OCCURANCE OF PB AND ZN MINERALS IS NOT WIDE NOR CONTINUOUS ENOUGH TO MAKE A BODY OF MILL - GRADE ORE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): DINGS, M. G., 1951 , THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, CERBAT MOUNTAINS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E
Reference (Deposit): HAURY, P. S., 1947 , EXAMINATION OF ZN - PB MINES IN THE WALLAPAI MIMING DISTRICT, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA; U.S.B.M. R.I. 4101
Reference (Deposit): PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA, 1952 TO 1956 ; U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, RME-158 , 1970 , P. 74
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