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Tin Horn Wash Deposit

Producer in Gila 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027463
MRDS ID M003146
Record type Site
Current site name Tin Horn Wash Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.86208, 33.44175 (WGS84)
Elevation 1113
Relative position ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF MIAMI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Globe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto 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 Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001N 015E 07 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • TIN HORN WASH EXTENDS DISGONALLY NW-SE ACROSS SEC.07

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.86208, 33.44175
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Miami-Inspiration District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION INCLUDED IN TOTALS FOR COPPER CITIES MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE GRAVELS ARE COMPOSED OF DETRITUS OF LOCAL ORIGIN, MAINLY FRAGMENTS OF QUARTZ MONZONITE, GRANITE, PORPHYRY, DIABASE, QUARTZITE, AND LIMESTONE. THE FRAGMENTS ARE FIRMLY CEMENTED BY LIMONITE AND COPPER CARBONATES DEPOSITED BY SUPERGENE SOLUTIONS THAT CARRIED IRON AND COPPER, PROBABLY AS SULFATES, LEACHED FROM THE NEARBY COPPER CITIES COPPER DEPOSIT. MUCH OF THE COPPER OCCURS AS REPLACEMENT SHELLS OF MALACHITE COATING FRAGMENTS OF LIMESTONE; THE REST IS PARTLY IN THE MATRIX AND PARTLY IN THE DIABASE FRAGMENTS, WHERE IT PROBABLY REPLACES CARBONATES FORMED BY WEATHERING OF THE DIABASE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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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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