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Unnamed Prospect

Past Producer in Cochise 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039698
MRDS ID M050673
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.25734, 32.24956 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wildhorse Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 14S 20E 01 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Qtz-Ser-Pyr, Py-Gossan

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.25734, 32.24956
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Plunge direction 60N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1907
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Yellowstone District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED PIONEER SMELTING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAM J. KEITH, 1974, FIELD EXAM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MALACHITE STAIN ON TRACT SURFACES. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Keith, Wm. 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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