The Meals Camp Prospects is a gold and silver mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,919 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: 1,919 Feet (585 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 35.11306, -114.45694
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Meals Camp Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Meals Camp Prospects
Secondary: Meals Ledge
Secondary: W.H. Meals
Secondary: Hearst
Secondary: Jupiter
Secondary: Rancon
Secondary: Hot Times
Secondary: Meals
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: San Francisco 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: LODE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nnw To Wnw Trending Vein And Fault System In Tert Volcanic Rocks
Type: L
Description: Slickensides On Meals Fault Dip, 20 To 60 Se
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): DISTRICT ALSO HAS SMALL AMOUNT OF CHALCOPYRITE, CHALCOCITE, PYRITE, CHRYSOCOLLA, RED PB OXIDES, AND WULFENITE
Comment (Geology): THE HANGING WALL IS FORMED BY PREC. GRANITE AND TERT. GREENSTONE ON THE EAST, THE FOOTWALL TO THE WEST IS FORMED BY TERT. ANDESITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1909, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND THE GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 397
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Arizona Gold
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