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Buena Suerte Claim

Occurrence in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodity 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039418
MRDS ID M050054
Record type Site
Current site name Buena Suerte Claim
Related records 10258622

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.43485, 32.75843 (WGS84)
Elevation 1577
Relative position 2.2 MILES ENE OF COPPER CREEK IN GALIURO MOUNTAINS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oak Grove Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008S 019E 07 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Specularite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Galiuro Volcanics Andesite
    Rock description Galiuro Volcanics Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.43485, 32.75843
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Minor Pre-Cretaceous E And Ne Trending Folds And Major Post-Cretaceous Nnw Trending Faults. Late Tertiary Uplift And Faulting.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike EW
    Dip 85 S
    Thickness 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: REDDISH-PURPLE TO PURPLE FINE-GRAINED AMYGDALOIDAL ANDESITE IS CUT BY FRACTURES AND MINERALIZED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Aravaipa District

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE ARE TWO PROSPECT AREAS 300FEET APART IN SW-NE DIRECTION. NE PROSPECT HAS 6 FT. VERT. SHAFT. SW WORKINGS HAVE FLOODED SHAFT AND AN ADIT 50 FT. BELOW THE SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 461

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP SIMONS, F.S. PROF. PAPER 461

  • Production

    SIMONS F.S. 1964.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZONE OF MINERALIZATION RANGES FROM THIN FILMS ON FRACTURE SURFACES TO A 3 FT. WIDE ZONE WHICH CONTAINS SEVERAL THIN SEAMS OF CHRYSOCOLLA AND SPECULARITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1972 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey

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