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Cobalt Prospect

Occurrence in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Cobalt, Arsenic
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027255
MRDS ID M002642
Record type Site
Current site name Cobalt Prospect
Alternate or previous names Walker Prospect ?
Related records 10210718

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.1788, 34.61644 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 8 1/2 MILES NE OF HUMBOLDT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Humboldt(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 014N 002E 05,08 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Erythrite Ore

Analytical data

Result COBALT CONTENT LESS THAN 0.1

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.1788, 34.61644
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 30 E
    Dip 65 W
    Length 4.57M
    Width 0.36M

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOLIATED METAGABBRO BETWEEN PRECAMBRIAN GRANODIORITE AND META SEDIMENTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Black Hills District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 15.24M
    Overall depth 6.1M

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1982 Dewitt, Ed H. 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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