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Copper King Or Wylomene

Occurrence in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026834
MRDS ID M000458
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King Or Wylomene
Related records 10258195, 10233977

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.61651, 33.18953 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position EAST SIDE OF DICK SPRING CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coolidge Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 003S 017E 09 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE SAN CARLOS INDIAN RESERVATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result SORTED ORE ASSAYED 0.02 OUNCES GOLD AND 0.9 OUNCES SILVER TO THE TON, AND 8.62 PERCENT COPPER

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.61651, 33.18953
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults And Fissures, Trending E And Ne, Cut The Precambrian And Paleozoic Rocks

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 70 E
    Dip 85 NW
    Width 0.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE WORKINGS INCLUDE A PIT, TWO ADITS, AND TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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