Iron Cliff Prospect

Occurrence in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead
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. 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. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039601
MRDS ID M050406
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Cliff Prospect
Alternate or previous names Littleshot

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.86318, 31.69624 (WGS84)
Elevation 1913
Relative position 9 MILES W OF MT. WRIGHTSON; ABOUT 13 AIRLINE MILES NNW OF PATAGONIA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Wrightson(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)

Mt. Wrightson Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020S 014E 13 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LITTLESHOT MINE COULD BE SAME AS IRON CLIFF. CAN'T TELL FROM LITERATURE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Josephine Canyon Diorite;Madera Canyon Granodiorite
    Rock description Josephine Canyon Diorite;Madera Canyon Granodiorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.86318, 31.69624

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 - Shear Zones

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike ENE
    Dip 75 DEG. NNW
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: BASIN AND RANGE. ; REG.COM: STRUCTURE IN DISTRICT IS THRUST FAULTING AND HIGH ANGLE NORMAL FAULTING AND FOLDING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1915

Mining district

District name Old Baldy District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS NOT AVAILABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS USED ARE THOSE OF DREWES, 1971, USGS MAP I-614. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.