USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Yuma County
Welltonia Prospect
Mindat Confirmed Copper Underground
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Yuma
- Mining district
- La Posa District
- Development status
- Occurrence
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A Cu prospect with underground workings located in sec. 9, T10S, R18W, about ¼ mile SW from the Wanamaker workings, on a military reservation. Located approximately on the (Luke) Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range. Mineralization is medium-graine…
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- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: A Cu prospect with underground workings located in sec. 9, T10S, R18W, about ¼ mile SW from the Wanamaker workings, on a military reservation. Located approximately on the (…
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Mindat Confirmed
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why confirmed?
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Occurrence
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Calcite
- Calcite
- Muscovite
- Sericite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 41149
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (3)
- underground workings
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