Three-In-One Prospect

The Three-In-One Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,999 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: Three-In-One Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten

Location

State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Three-In-One 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

Not available

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

Type: L
Description: Ne Trending Shist Along Vein

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Wall Rock Altered To Sericite, Biotite

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Scheelite

Comments

Comment (Location): IN COTTONWOOD AREA, EAST OF THE BIG SANDY.

Comment (Production): PROBABLY ONLY FEW TONS OF COBBED ORE PRODUCED IN WORLD WAR I AND IN 1937 .

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN.

Comment (Workings): TWO SHAFTS, ALL CAVED, ONE OPEN CUT 10 FEET DEEP.

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000782 OF J.E. ELLIOTT WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1941, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA BULLETIN 148, P. 16.

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

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, AND MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078.

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