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Bullion Prospect

Occurrence in Pima 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039588
MRDS ID M050380
Record type Site
Current site name Bullion Prospect
Alternate or previous names Glance Bullion

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.05125, 31.89429 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/4 MILE NW OF TWIN BUTTES OPEN PIT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twin Buttes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(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)

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 13E 06 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.05125, 31.89429
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to bottom 126.49M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pima District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • THIS CU OCCURRENCE IS ABOUT ONE-QUARTER MILE NORTHWEST OF THE TWIN BUTTES PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSIT PIT PERIMETER IN 1972.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 126.49M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, 1926, V OF AZ MS THESIS.

  • Deposit

    COOPER BULL. 1112

  • Production

    BROWN, 1926

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOW GRADE COPPER ORE FOUND AT BOTTOM OF 415' SHAFT - WINZE IN 1925 BY MIDLAND COPPER COMPANY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1972 Theodore, Ted G. 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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