Lost Mine Prospect

The Lost Mine Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,320 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: Lost Mine Prospect
Secondary: Levas-Madril
Secondary: Side Claim

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Lost 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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Year: 1940
Time Period: 1940'S
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^4.56% Wo3 (Sorted Ore)

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Wall Rock Shows Strong Sericitic Alteration

Rocks

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ASSAYS TAKEN BY U.S.B.M. IN 1944 : 0.01 , 1.12 , 1.38 , 7.88 , 0.06 , 1.59 , NIL, NIL, 4.23 , 0.24 , 0.17 , 2.43% WO3

Materials

Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chalcopyrite

Comments

Comment (Production): YIELDED A FEW HUNDRED POUNDS OF TUNGSTEN ORE DURING WORLD WAR I AND ALSO IN 1937

References

Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., 1961 , TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, AND MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. I.F. 8078 , P. 65 - 6 .

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

Reference (Deposit): PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA, 1952 TO 1956 , 1970 , U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION R.M.E. 158 , P. 86

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