White Pearl Prospect

The White Pearl Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,499 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

Name: White Pearl Prospect  

State:  Arizona

County:  Yavapai

Elevation: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 34.46472, -112.49694

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White Pearl Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: White Pearl Prospect
Secondary: Silver Dollar 1943


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Zinc


Location

State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Hassayampa District


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: 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

Form: POCKETS AND LENSES


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Bismutite
Ore: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE

Comment (Workings): THREE OPENCUTS WITH AT LEAST 10-FOOT FACES

Comment (Geology): SCHEELITE GRAINS UP TO 1/2 INCH IN SIZE, IN SEAMS ABOUT 1/16 INCH WIDE, SPORADICALLY DISSEMINATED


References

Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., 1961 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078 , P. 21


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