The Unnamed Prospect Vhne-051n is a vanadium and tungsten mine located in Pima county, Arizona.
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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
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Unnamed Prospect Vhne-051n MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Prospect Vhne-051n
Commodity
Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Silver Bell 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
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Unknown
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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Quartz-Sericite-Pyrite; Propylitic
Rocks
Name: Welded Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Welded Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Wulfenite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): APPRECIABLE AMT OF WORKINGS IN 2 OR 3 ADITS. MAJOR FAULT FLOORS ACTIVITY - HANGING WALL MINING. AT LEAST 200-300 FT OF DRIFT + ADIT. VANADINITE-WULFENITE OBSERVED WITH PYRITE, GALENA, AND SPHALERITE BOXWORK AND GOSSAN. TRACE COPPER OXIDE. ACTIVITY APPEARS TO BE KOREAN WAR VINTAGE JUDGING FROM REFUSE. GRAVITY SEPARATOR STILL HERE WITH SCREENS. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): BANKS, N. G., 1976 , FIELD EXAM
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