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Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Pinal 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039469
MRDS ID M050129
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.48346, 32.7551 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position JUST NORTH OF TOWN OF COPPER CREEK NEAR CENTER OF EAST EDGE OF SEC. 10. 1250 FT. SOUTH OF NE CORNER SEC. 10.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008S 018E 10 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BRECCIA PIPE ESSENTIALLY BARREN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Copper Creek Granodiorite
    Rock description Copper Creek Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.48346, 32.7551
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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.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Breccia Pipe.

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE
    Length 30.48M
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Pipe

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BRECCIA MOSTLY MADE UP OF 6 INCH FRAGMENTS, SOME RANGE TO SEVERAL FT. PIPE SURROUNDED BY 10 FT. ZONE OF FRACTURED GRANODIORITE WHICH GRADES INTO UNFRACTURED MASSIVE GRANODIORITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bunker Hill District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PITS AND SHORT ADITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

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

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