The Mesa Grande Addition is a tungsten mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,599 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
Elevation: 3,599 Feet (1,097 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 34.14306, -112.69806
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Mesa Grande Addition MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mesa Grande Addition
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Rich Hill District
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
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1958
Time Period: 1953 - 1958
Material type: CONC
Description: Cp_Grade: ^74 % Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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
Type: L
Description: Cross Fractures: N 70 E, 70 Nw And N 10 W, 65 Sw.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 3 HILLSIDE OPENCUTS, AND SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS.
Comment (Deposit): ANOTHER VEIN, 75 FEET NORTH OF MAIN WORKINGS, STRIKES N 75 W, IS 70 FEET LONG AND 4 FEET WIDE, IMPREGNATED WITH FLOUR SCHEELITE, APPEARS TO BE OF HIGH GRADE.
References
Reference (Production): U.S.B.M. I.C. 8078 , P. 41
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., 1961 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI; MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078 , P. 41
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