Mchur Prospect

The Mchur Prospect is a vanadium mine located in Gila county, Arizona.

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: Mchur Prospect  

State:  Arizona

County:  Gila

Elevation:

Commodity: Vanadium

Lat, Long: 33.06472, -110.81500

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Mchur Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Mchur Prospect
Secondary: Probably Part of 79 Mine


Commodity

Primary: Vanadium
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Iron


Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Banner 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

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Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Siderite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Vanadinite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M000501 WITH RE CORD M030436 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): ON GROUND OF 79 MINE

Comment (Development): THE MCHUR WAS A VANADIUM PROSPECT IN 1917 WHOSE EXACT LOCATION IS NO LONGER KNOWN. IT IS ASSUMED TO BE ON THE PROPERTY OF THE 79 MINE

Comment (Workings): SHALLOW WORKINGS AT INTERVALS


References

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, 1925, USGS BULL 771

Reference (Deposit): ANTHONY ET AL, 1977, MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA, UNIV OF AZ PRESS


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