| Deposit ID | 10037103 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M030403 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Providencia Claim |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.76512, 31.3882 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1402 |
| Relative position | 10 MI NNE OF NOGALES, 5 MI W OF WASHINGTON, 5 MI N OF MEXICO. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Santa Cruz(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cumero Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Nogales(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)
Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Coronado National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Santa Cruz |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 023S | 015E | 36,35 | CENTER OF N2 (36) | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite |
| (1) | -110.76512, 31.3882 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | E-W And Ne Trending Quartz Veins And Associated Bands Of Crushed Mineralized Rock In Fault Fissures Cutting Diorite And Quartz Monzonite |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Quartz Monzonite Is Locally Intruded By Granite Porphyry And Underlain By Diorite |
| Depth to bottom | 243.84M |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Patagonia District |
|---|
| Ownership category | |
|---|---|
| Area name | Coronado National Forest |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M030403 |
SCHRADER & HILL, 1910, USGS BULL 430.
SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582.
SIMONS, 1974, USGS MAP I-762.
ABGMT FILE DATA.
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 1 SQUARE MILE AREA |
| Deposit | THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030403 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1983 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-APR-1982 | Calder, Susan R. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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