The Night Hawk and White Dike Prospects is a tungsten, gold, and copper mine located in La Paz county, Arizona.
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:
Commodity: Tungsten, Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 33.55306, -114.08556
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Night Hawk and White Dike Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Night Hawk and White Dike Prospects
Secondary: Colorado Mine Group
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Southern Plomosa 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: Past Producer
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ABOUT 10 AIR MILES SE OF QUARTZSITE.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE IN POCKETS IN PEGMATITE DIKES. SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000836 OF J.E. ELLIOTT WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Production): WORKED ON SMALL SCALE 1942-44 WITH YIELD OF ABOUT 100 UNITS OF WO3 IN HIGH GRADE ORE
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS.
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S.B.M. CARD FILE.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., UNPUB. DATA.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON & TWETO, 1962, USGS MAP MR-25.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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