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Donaldson Prospect

Occurrence in Yuma 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027222
MRDS ID M002536
Record type Site
Current site name Donaldson Prospect
Related records 10259138

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.08271, 32.56787 (WGS84)
Elevation 191
Relative position 1 3/4 MI. SOUTHEAST OF THE POORMAN WORKINGS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yuma(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wellton SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuma(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

El Centro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Gila(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

USAF(Federal land areas administered by USAF)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yuma

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010S 018W 11 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.08271, 32.56787
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Here, The Gneiss, Which Is Rather Sheared And Schistose, Dips General Eastward

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION IN QUARTZ VEINS NEAR APLITIC DIKES; MINERALIZATION IN PREC GNEISS THAT WAS REMETAMORPHOSED IN THE MESOZOIC.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name La Posa District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD

Comments on the workings information

  • PROPERTY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL SHORT TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 134, P. 175

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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