What-A-Pal Prospect

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

Name: What-A-Pal Prospect  

State:  Arizona

County:  Yavapai

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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