Artillery Mountains Explained

Artillery Mountains
Photo Size:350px
Country:United States
State:Arizona
Border:Big Sandy River–Arrastra Mountain Wilderness-N & E
Alamo Lake State Park-S
Rawhide Mountains & Wilderness-SW
Length Mi:12
Length Orientation:NW x E
Width Mi:5
Highest:Artillery Peak-(volcanic plug)
Elevation Ft:1200

The Artillery Mountains are a mountain range in Mohave County in western Arizona. High point of the range is Artillery Peak, 2917abbr=offNaNabbr=off above sea level. Artillery Peak is at coordinates N 34.36946 W 113.58160 .

Mineral resources of the Artillery Mountains include manganese, uranium and gold. Rocher Deboule Minerals drilled their Artillery Mountains Manganese property in 2008, and discovered a resource of 2,553,000 tonnes of 3.82% Mn.[1]

High Desert Gold acquired the Artillery Peak gold project in western Arizona in 2008.[2]

At Uranium Energy's Artillery Peak uranium project, the firm hopes to discover a uranium deposit similar to the nearby Anderson Mine, which has a published reserve of 27 million pounds of uranium, in addition to a uranium resource of 70 million pounds, and another 80 million pounds of vanadium.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_/ai_n27511992 Artillery Mountains Manganese Deposits in North Western Arizona, USA
  2. http://www.gold.org/news/2008/09/29/story/10320/high_desert_gold_acquires_artillery_peak_project High Desert Gold acquires Artillery Peak project
  3. http://www.uraniumenergy.com/projects/arizona/artillery_peak/ Artillery Peak uranium project