Gold Reef Prospect

The Gold Reef Prospect is a tungsten and iron mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 600 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: Gold Reef Prospect  

State:  Arizona

County:  La Paz

Elevation: 600 Feet (183 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten, Iron

Lat, Long: 33.08139, -114.51139

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Gold Reef Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Gold Reef Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Iron


Location

State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Silver 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

Not available


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: Sonoran Desert


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR MASSES


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATED ON MILITARY RESERVATION.

Comment (Workings): SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS

Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN.

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000834 OF J.E. ELLIOTT WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT


References

Reference (Deposit): PARKER, F.Z., 1966, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER DISTRICT, TRIGO MOUNTAINS, YUMA COUNTY ARIZONA: MASTERS THESIS, SAN DIEGO STATE COLLEGE.

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1941, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 148.

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI


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