C and W Prospect

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

Name: C and W Prospect  

State:  Arizona

County:  Yavapai

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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