Artillery Mountains
| Artillery Mountains | |
|---|---|
 Artillery Peak above Alamo Lake State Park | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Artillery Peak-(volcanic plug) |
| Elevation | 1,200 ft (370 m) |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 12 mi (19 km) NW x E |
| Width | 5 mi (8.0 km) |
| Geography | |
Country | United States |
State | Arizona |
| Borders on | Big Sandy River–Arrastra Mountain Wilderness-N & E Alamo Lake State Park-S Rawhide Mountains & Wilderness-SW |
The Artillery Mountains are a mountain range in Mohave County in western Arizona. High point of the range is Artillery Peak, 2,917 feet (889 meters) 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]
References
- ↑ "Artillery Mountains Manganese Deposits in North Western Arizona, USA". Market Wire. June 2008. Archived from the original on July 28, 2010 – via FindArticles.
- ↑ High Desert Gold acquires Artillery Peak project
- ↑ Artillery Peak uranium project Archived November 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine