Meals Camp Prospects

The Meals Camp Prospects is a gold and silver mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,919 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

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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

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