The Unnamed Prospect Near United States Mine is a vanadium, molybdenum, and lead mine located in Yavapai 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
Elevation:
Commodity: Vanadium, Molybdenum, Lead
Lat, Long: 34.91667, -112.35000
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Unnamed Prospect Near United States Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Prospect Near United States Mine
Commodity
Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Prescott-Paulden Area
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
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Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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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: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Vanadinite
Comments
Comment (Location): TWP, R, SECTION GIVEN IN ORIGINAL RECORD DO NOT MATCH FOR PAULDEN QUAD. MAY BE T18N, R1W, SEC 27 IN HELL POINT QUAD (?). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1964
Comment (Geology): WULFENITE OCCURS AS THIN ORANGE WEDGES
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030508 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T. G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): KRIEGER, 1965, USGS PP 467, P. 106
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