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Cemitosa Prospect

Occurrence in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Iron, Manganese
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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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027700
MRDS ID M003868
Record type Site
Current site name Cemitosa Prospect
Related records 10259244

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.85633, 33.42729 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position ABOUT 7 AIR MILES EAST OF OCOTILLO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cholla Tank(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Little Horn Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bouse Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001N 016W 13 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE, ON THE KOFA GAME RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue

Analytical data

Result $3 A TON IN GOLD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.85633, 33.42729
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS
    Strike N50W
    Dip VERT
    Length 457.2M
    Width 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Alamo Springs District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKING CONSIST OF SMALL DISCOVERY HOLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES, E.L. JR; 1915; A RECONNAISSANCE IN THE KOFA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 620, P. 163

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D.; 1933; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 118

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.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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