Indian Club Prospect

Occurrence in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodity Copper
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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039410
MRDS ID M050043
Record type Site
Current site name Indian Club Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.76568, 31.85791 (WGS84)
Elevation 1506
Relative position 28 MILES SE OF TUCSON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Helvetia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(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 Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 18S 15E 24 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Copper Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Intense Silification.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite 1450 +-10my Granodiorite
    Rock description Granodiorite 1450 +-10my Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Horquilla Form. Limestone And Siltstone.;Abrigo Formation Shale-Quartzitic Ss
    Rock description Horquilla Form. Limestone And Siltstone.;Abrigo Formation Shale-Quartzitic Ss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.76568, 31.85791

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Homoclinal ; Reg.Trends: Tilting And Broad Open Folds In S. And Extensive Faulting In N.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust And Normal Faulting - Fracture Zones.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shearing In Thrust Area

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE GEN IN LIME-SILICATE ZONES CONTROLLED BY FAULTS AND FRACTURES. ; GEOL.DESC: AGE OF MINERALIZATION BELIEVED TO BE THAT OF THE QUARTZ LATITE INTRUSIVE OF DREWES - 1971. ; REG.COM: STRUCTURE IN DISTRICT IS THRUST FAULTING - HIGH ANGLE NORMAL FAULTING AND FOLDING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Helvetia-Rosemont District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • DISTRICT IS POSSIBLY NEW PORPH. COPPER DEPOSIT.

Comments on development

  • ANACONDA REPORTS ROSEMONT-HELVETIA INTRUSIVE QUARTZ LATITE AS POTENTIAL PORPH. COPPER DEPOSIT IN 1971.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F. C. 1915 USGS BULL 582.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES 1971 FIELDNOTES V. 1 NO 2

  • Deposit

    DREWES, H. 1971 USGS MAP I-613 (SAHUARITA QUAD).

  • Deposit

    1909 RECON F. C. SCHRADER U.S.G.S. BULL. 582.

  • Deposit

    1971 DIREXPL ANACONDA -POSSIBLE NEW PORPH. COPPER DEPOSIT.

  • Deposit

    1971 GEOLMAP H. DREWES U.S.G.S. MAP I-613.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS USED ARE THOSE OF H. DREWES - 1971 USGS MAP I-613. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Keith, William J. 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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