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Burnt Canyon Prospect

Occurrence in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Molybdenum, 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. 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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037123
MRDS ID M030497
Record type Site
Current site name Burnt Canyon Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.12296, 34.65283 (WGS84)
Elevation 1905
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1/2 MI N OF BRINDLE PUP MINE., Estimate, Unsurveyed.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cottonwood(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott 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 Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 015N 002E 28 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1964

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ferrimolybdite Ore
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Buzzard Rhyolite
    Rock description Buzzard Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.12296, 34.65283
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W
    Dip 70E
    Width 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Black Hills District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Prescott National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON AND CRSEY, 1958, USGS PP 308.

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON AND CREASEY, 1967, USGS MAP GQ-715.

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, 16, USGS BULL 782.

  • Deposit

    ABM FILE DATA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030497 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-83 Peterson, Jocelyn A. 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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