Ophir Tungsten area (Ophir prospects; Ophir claim), Wabayuma Peak Wilderness Area, Ophir District, Hualapai (Hualpai) Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA
Latitude: 35°0'15"N
Longitude: 114°1'32"W
‡Ref.: Conway, C.M., et al (1990), USGS Bull. 1737-E: E8, E11; Dale, V.B. (1961), Tungsten deposits of Gila, Yavapai, and Mohave Cos., Arizona, US Bur. Mines Inf. Circ. 8078; Dale, V.B. (1961), Tungsten deposits of Gila, Yavapai, and Mohave Cos., Arizona, US Bur. Mines Inf. Circ. 8078: 89; MRDS files #10027687 & 10259007.
A tungsten prospects area located in the NW portion of the Wabayuma Peak Wilderness Area (secs. 24, 30, T.19N, R.17W.).
Mineralization is scheelite-bearing quartz veins in biotite schist. Sparse and small veins a few inches wide and a few feet long. Fliation of the host rock is the same as the vein strike and dip.
Workings include shallow surface cuts.
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