Unnamed Prospect Tn1

Occurrence in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodity Copper
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. 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 10039705
MRDS ID M050683
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect Tn1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.94819, 32.35344 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tucson North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rillito(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 Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 12S 14E 30 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Other: Muscovite?

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.94819, 32.35344

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form FISSURE ZONE
    Strike N40W
    Dip 90
    Length 91.44M
    Width 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Catalina District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SEE BELOW

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BANKS, N. G., 1974 , FIELD EXAM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SERIES OF PROSPECTS AND ONE SHAFT ON A FRACTURE ZONE. MAJOR MOVEMENT ON FRACTURES NOT OBIOUS, SUSPECT NOT MUCH. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Banks, Norman G. 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.