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Unnamed Prospect 95-17

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039773
MRDS ID M050832
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect 95-17

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.12208, 32.31039 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jaynes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver Bell Mountains(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

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 13S 12E 09 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Wulfenite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.12208, 32.31039
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N75W
    Dip 63S
    Width 4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Wulfenite On Shear And Fracture Surfaces

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Amole District

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, 2 SHAFTS, AND 2 PITS OVER 50M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHLEY, R. P., 1974 , FIELD EXAM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAME FAULT ZONE AS 95-16. MOST STRONGLY SHEARED AND BRECCIATED AREAS HAVE QUARTZ PLUS PURPLISH HEMATITE PLUS LIMONITE LOCALLY WULFENITE ON SHEAR AND FRACTURE SURFACES. MINOR CUSILICATE ; 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.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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