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Near Sky Line Prospect

Occurrence in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead
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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. 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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039634
MRDS ID M050546
Record type Site
Current site name Near Sky Line Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.28125, 31.4768 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bartlett Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Atascosa Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(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 Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 022S 010E 36 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Qtz-Ser-Pyr

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Cobre Ridge Tuff
    Rock description Cobre Ridge Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.28125, 31.4768
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Oro Blanco District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    W. YEEND, FIELD EXAM

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT AT CONTACT OF COBRE RIDGE TUFF AND OTHER UNIT. QUARTZ-SULFIDE VEIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1973 Yeend, Warren 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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