The What-A-Pal Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,999 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: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 34.28806, -112.25750
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What-A-Pal Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: What-A-Pal Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Money Maker District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Benjamin P. Scott
Years: 1958 -
Production
Year: 1953
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^20 % Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1953
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: STRINGERS, GRAINS
Structure
Not available
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 OPEN CUTS; ONE 30 FT LONG WITH 15 FT FACE, ONE 15 FT LONG WITH 10 FT FACE, AND ONE 8 FT LONG AND 10 FT DEEP
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS BASED ON DIRECTION GIVEN IN DALE AND THE LOCATION GIVEN BY USBM FILES
Comment (Deposit): STRINGERS AND GRAINS 2 INCHES WIDE
References
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., 1961 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078 , P. 24
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