The C and W Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,501 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: 3,501 Feet (1,067 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 34.09278, -112.42444
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C and W Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: C and W Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Tussock District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: G. A. Westerdahl
Years: 1961 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1940
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: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Schistosity Ne, 60 Nw
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): FEW HUNDRED POUNDS OF CONCENTRATES, 1940 - 41 .
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD INCLUDES INFORMATION FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000840 OF JAMES E. ELLIOTT WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Development): WORKED 1940-41 WITH SMALL OUTPUT.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A CAVED OPEN CUT 15 FT HIGH & 25 FT LONG, A CAVED SHAFT 30 FT DEEP AND SEVERAL SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP MR-25.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1941, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 148, P. 25.
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078, P. 34.
Reference (Deposit): LEEMON, D.M., UPUBLISHED DATA.
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