Iowa Prospect

The Iowa Prospect is a gold mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,641 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

Name: Iowa Prospect  

State:  Arizona

County:  Mohave

Elevation: 2,641 Feet (805 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 34.98556, -114.38472

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Iowa Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Iowa Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: San Francisco District


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Underground


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

Form: LENTICULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Nnw To Wnw Trending Vein And Fault System In Tert Volcanic Rocks


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.15 TO 0.70 OZ AU/TON ( 1909


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Commodity): DISTRICT ALSO HAS SMALL AMOUNT OF CHALCOPYRITE, CHALCOCITE, PYRITE, CHRYSOCOLLA, RED PB OXIDE, AND WULFENITE


References

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1909, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND THE GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 397, P. 200.

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137, P. 97.


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