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Miller Canyon Prospect

Occurrence in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Zinc
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  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 10039646
MRDS ID M050568
Record type Site
Current site name Miller Canyon Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.29122, 31.40264 (WGS84)
Relative position ON 7250 CONTOUR OF MILLER CANYON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miller Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(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)

Miller Peak Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023S 020E 27 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.29122, 31.40264
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 5 W
    Dip 65 NE
    Width 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hartford District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coronado National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CREASY, C.S., 1973, FIELD EXAM

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCARN DEVEL. ALONG A FRACTURES IN LS. LATER REOPENED & SULFIDES INTRODUCED. THE CU IS ONLY IN MALACHITE; THE CPY IS PRESUMPTION. THE SULFIDE ARE SO FINE GRAINED.I CAN'T BE CERTAIN OF SPH.THE ENTIRE VEIN & ALT. ENVELOPE IS NOT OVER 5' THICK - STRICTLY A PROSPECT.
Deposit SEE ARMISTICE MINE FOR DESCRIPTION OF CLOSEST PRODUCER ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1973 Creasey, S. C. 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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