The Red Hills Prospect is a uranium, barium-barite, and fluorine-fluorite mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,841 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
Elevation: 1,841 Feet (561 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 34.31222, -113.65972
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Red Hills Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Hills Prospect
Secondary: Burro Wash Area
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Barium-Barite
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Artillery Peak 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: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shear Zone Trends N 55 W, 70 Sw
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Schist
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Schist
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAY AVERAGE: ORE 0.13 %
Materials
Ore: Barite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): RADIOACTIVE BRECCIA MINERALIZED WITH BARITE-FLUORITE STRINGERS AND SECONDARY COPPER MINERALS.
References
Reference (Deposit): MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM: ARIZONA FLUORSPAR, ARIZONA DMR, MARCH 1976.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, H.C., AND RAUP, R.B., 1962, RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1147 - A, P. 22.
Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.
Reference (Deposit): VAN ALSTINE, R.E., AND MOORE, R.T., 1969, FLUORSPAR, IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 352.
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