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Spike-E Hills Prospect

Occurrence in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014836
MRDS ID D011813
Record type Site
Current site name Spike-E Hills Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.82149, 32.30845 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Willcox North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willcox Playa(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
013S 025E 17 NW4 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RESOURCES ESTIMATED AT 228,000 METRIC TONS CU

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyritized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Pinal Schist
    Rock description Pinal Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.82149, 32.30845
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dos Cabezas And Chiricahua Mountains Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • KEITH, S. B., AND WILT, J. C., 1978, LAND OF COCHISE: NEW MEXICO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 29TH FIELD CONFERENCE, GUIDEBOOK, P. 121.

Comments on development

  • EXTENSIVELY DRILLED IN 1970'S BY CONOCO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., AND WILT, J. C., 1978, LAND OF COCHISE: NEW MEXICO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 29TH FIELD CONFERENCE, GUIDEBOOK, P. 121.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY UNPUBLISHED DATA, 1978-1979.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PYRITIZED PRECAMBRIAN SCHIST EXPOSED IN SPIKE-E HILLS. A PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSIT MAY BE PRESENT IN EXTENSION OF SULFIDE SYSTEM BENEATH BASIN-FILL SEDIMENTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1984 Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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