Mendevil Prospect

The Mendevil Prospect is a silver and lead mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,001 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

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Site Name

Primary: Mendevil Prospect
Secondary: Draper

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Barium-Barite
Secondary: Strontium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite

Location

State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Silver District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
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: VUGS & IRREGULAR MASSES

Structure

Type: L
Description: Fault Zone Strikes N10w And Dips Steeply Northwest

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Carbonatization

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 15 OZS AG/TON
Analytical Data: 5% PB

Materials

Ore: Barite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A FEW SHALLOW CUTS.

References

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, 1933, ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 134, P. 60.

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1978, ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 192, P. 74.

Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

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