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Pittsburgh - Jerome Prospect

Occurrence in Yavapai 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027269
MRDS ID M002675
Record type Site
Current site name Pittsburgh - Jerome Prospect
Related records 10161830

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.11768, 34.7231 (WGS84)
Elevation 1753
Relative position 2 MILES S OF JEROME

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cottonwood(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Verde(hydrologic unit)

Verde(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(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 016N 002E 34 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization, Sericitization

Analytical data

Result 2 % CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1820
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Deception Rhyolite
    Rock description Deception Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1820
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N10w To N40w
Type of structure Local
Structure description Massive Sulfide Lenses Elongate Parallel To Bedding In Metavolcanic Rocks

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphy, Igneous Activity

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS MASSIVE SULFIDE LENS IN METARHYOLITE OR NEAR CONTACT OF METARHYOLITE AND METABASALT OR CONTACT OF METARHYOLITE AND METASEDIMENTARY UNITS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Verde District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 389.84M
    Overall depth 274.32M

Reference information

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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