| Deposit ID | 10027100 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M002045 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Fisher Prospect |
| Related records | 10160990 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.23039, 32.93593 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1524 |
| Relative position | 8 MILES E OF ARAVAIPA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Graham(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Jackson Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tucson(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
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)
Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Graham |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 006S | 021E | 05 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Apatite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| (1) | -110.23039, 32.93593 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Aravaipa District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M002045 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040090135 |
USGS BULL 763, P. 103
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | INDIVIDUAL GULCHES HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED BY SCHRADER, 1915 ; HILL, 1910 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | PLACERS IN EAST DRAINING STREAMS OF SANTA RITA MTNS. ORE IS FOUND IN PRESENT GULCH GRAVELS AND IN GRAVELS ON HILLSIDES AND RIDGETOPS BETWEEN GULCHES. GOLD IS LARGELY IN THE LOWER 2 FEET OF ANGULAR GRAVEL OVERLYING BEDROCK. SOURCE OF GOLD IS BELIEVED TO BE FREE GOLD-BEARING VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ LATITE PORPHYRY. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1972 | Gere, W. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-APR-1979 | Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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