O'Connor Prospect

Occurrence in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037105
MRDS ID M030406
Record type Site
Current site name O'Connor Prospect
Related records 10234586

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.70345, 31.36903 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 1/4 MI W OF BELMONT MINE; 1 MI SW OF WASHINGTON CAMP., Used Schrader (1915), Used Schrader (1915)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Duquesne(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 024S 016E 03 SE OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.70345, 31.36903

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mineral Deposits Of Washington-Duquesne Area Occupy A Limestone-Sediment Belt (2.5 Mi By 1.25 Mi) Surrounded By Igneous Rocks Which Also Form Detached Masses And Dikes Within Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Just W Of Contact Of Granodiorite And Colina Limestone Of Washington-Duquesne Limestone Belt

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nw Trending Fissures Veins And Smaller Fissures In Granodiorite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Washington Camp District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coronado National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL WATER FILLED SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582.

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, 1974, USGS MAP I-762.

  • Deposit

    ADMR, 1962, MOLYBDENUM PROSPECTS IN AZ.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES, O'CONNOR PROSPECT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030406 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-83 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-82 Calder, Susan R. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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