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Copper Giant Prospects

Occurrence in Pima 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027149
MRDS ID M002279
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Giant Prospects
Related records 10137731

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.87157, 32.29899 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Relative position 5 MILES S OF AJO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ajo South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Cristobal Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013S 006W 10,11,15 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UTM LOCATION IS IN SECTION 15 , THE AREA DISCUSSED IN LITERATURE. CU OCCURS OVER LARGE AREA THROUGHOUT SECS. 10 , 11 , 15 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SURFACE SHOWING MAY GRADE WITH DEPTH TO CHALCOCITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Specularite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.87157, 32.29899
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED TABULAR
    Length 152.4M
    Width 2.13M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Mainly Along Beds In Fanglomerate, And Irregular Masses In Volcanics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ajo District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 12.19M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROMSLO, T. M., 1952 , COPPER GIANT DEPOSITS, PIMA CO., ARIZ.: USBM RI 4850

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 26 CLAIMS. IDLE AFTER 1942 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit SCATTERED OUTCROPS OF COPPER MINERALIZATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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