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Bitter Spring Prospect

Occurrence in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027037
MRDS ID M001766
Record type Site
Current site name Bitter Spring Prospect
Related records 10186468

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.31235, 33.08787 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 5.5 MILES NE FROM COPPER REEF MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Turnbull(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-San Carlos Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004S 020E 17 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR THE UPPER END OF BITTER SPRING TRAP, ON THE NW SLOPES OF MT TURNBULL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAY: 0.01 OZ. AU/TON, 1.0 OZ. AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.31235, 33.08787
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 45.72M
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between Limestone And Rhyolite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1920
Discoverer F.C. Crockett

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED AND FLOODED SHAFT AND ADIT ( 1956 ).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ-PYRITE-MAGNETITE ZONE OF MINERALIZATION 5 TO 10 FT WIDE, MAGNETITE FLOAT PRESENT FOR A DISTANCE OF 100 TO 150 FT ALONG STRIKE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1982 Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.) 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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