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Standard Prospect

Occurrence in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Beryllium
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039391
MRDS ID M050018
Record type Site
Current site name Standard Prospect
Related records 10233931

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.04122, 32.06568 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Relative position 2.5 MI N OF DRAGOON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dragoon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willcox Playa(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 016S 023E 06 SW4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 2 MI SE OF KEYSTONE MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Beryllium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Powellite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Zoisite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Recrystallized Limestone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Texas Canyon Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Texas Canyon Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 53
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Abrigo Formation
    Rock description Abrigo Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.04122, 32.06568
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw Trending Tert Block Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form MANTOS

Comments on the geologic information

  • ABRIGO FORMATION MINERALIZED SAME WAY AS AT JOHNSON WHICH MAY INDI CATE ORE BENEATH ALLUVIUM IN KEYSTONE & CENTURION MINE AREAS. THIS ARE A HAS HIGHER GRADE METAMORPHISM THAN AT JOHNSON ABRIGO UNIT CONTAINING MOST MINERALIZATION AT JOHNSON NOT INTERSECTED BY DRILLING AT STANDAR D PROSPECT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cochise District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Thomas Adams
    Home office Dragoon, Az.
    First year 1955

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 79.25M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS, 260 & 49 FT DEEP, BOTH NOW FILLED; DIAMOND DRILL HOLES

Comments on development

  • USBM PUT DOWN 2 DRILL HOLES IN 1948; PATENTED MINING CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1973, ABM BULL 187

  • Deposit

    COOPER & SILVER, 1964, USGS PP 416

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON ET AL, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNDER ALLUVIUM
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050018 WITH RE CORD M030577 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 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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