Unnamed Prospect 98-14

Occurrence in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039758
MRDS ID M050781
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect 98-14

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.13819, 32.25011 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Avra(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver Bell Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 14S 12E 05 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Other: Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.13819, 32.25011

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description See General Comments

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike S60E
    Dip 45N
    Length 50M
    Width 1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Silver Lily Dike

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Amole District

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the production information

  • UNKNOWN, IF ANY PRODUCTION.

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT AND SURFACE STOPES, SEVERAL PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHLEY, R. P., 1974 , FIELD EXAM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE ZONE IS 60CM TO 1M ZONE OF SILICIFIED DIKE ROCK AT FOOTWALL SIDE OF DIKE. FOOTWALL SIDE OF ONE ZONE IS ARGILLITE. ORE ZONE IS SHOT THROUGH WITH ANASTAMOSING QUARTZ STRINGERS TO SEVERAL CM WIDE, WITH GALENA (GENERALLY NEAR CENTER OF STRINGER), MINOR PYRITE, AND MINOR CU SILICATE PLUS AZURITE (OR CHALCANTHITE?). YELLOW-BROWN LIMONITE PATCHY THROUGHOUT ORE ZONE, SUGGESTING WHOLE ZONE MAY HAVE HAD SOME PYRITE BEFORE OXIDATION. ON DUMP IS SOME WHITE CALCITE VEIN MATERIAL - CALCITE STRINGERS CUT QUARTZ; ALSO SOME BRECCIA; QUARTZ -CEMENTED AND VEINED, WITH GALENA, PYRITE, AND PALE YELLOW-GREEN TO BROWN SPHALERITE. GALENA IS BY FAR THE MOST IMPORTANT SULFIDE HERE. ALTHOUGH MAIN SHAFT APPEARS TO BE STOPED, NOT CERTAIN IF THIS IS A MINE OR A PROSPECT. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Ashley, Roger P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1980 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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