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Unnamed Prospect Ml15

Occurrence in Pima 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. 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 10039718
MRDS ID M050697
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect Ml15

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.87402, 32.41733 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Lemmon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(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)

Pusch Ridge Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 02 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericite?

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.87402, 32.41733
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N75W
    Dip 90
    Width 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Canada Del Oro District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BANKS, N. G., 1974 , FIELD EXAM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LIGHT CUO STAIN IN QUARTZ IN BRECCIATED PEGMATITE. AS NOTED IN ML 14 THERE IS LIGHT TO MODERATE IRON STAINING IN THIS GENERAL AREA WITH PERHAPS SERICITE ALTERATION. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Banks, Norman G. U.S. Geological Survey

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