Troy Ranch Prospect

Occurrence in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities 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. 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037117
MRDS ID M030475
Record type Site
Current site name Troy Ranch Prospect
Alternate or previous names Mary Alice Claims 8-21, Nearby Claims 2
Related records 10259426

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.88486, 33.14815 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/2 MI N OF RATTLER MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hot Tamale Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 003S 014E 23,26 S2 (23); N2 (26) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Quartz-Sericite-Pyrite Veins Cutting K-Spar-Biotite-Chalcopyrite-M Olybdenite Veins

Analytical data

Result STRONG MO & CU ANOMALIES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
    Rock unit name Rattler Granodiorite
    Rock description Rattler Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.88486, 33.14815

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description E-W Veins

Controls for ore emplacement

  • E-W Veins, Dikes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dripping Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • STAKED BY C. MOORE OF GLOBE IN LATE 1960'S. TESTED BY SHALLOW SUR FACE DRILLING BY INSPIRATION CONS. COPPER CO IN 1966-67; GEOCHEM SAMPL ING BY AMAX IN 1972

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CORNWALL ET AL, 1971, USGS MAP GQ-1021

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., UNPUB DATA

  • Deposit

    ABM FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030475 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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