Unnamed Prospect Ml67

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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039887
MRDS ID M051055
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect Ml67

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.76512, 32.44511 (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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 11S 15E 25 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.76512, 32.44511

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Oracle District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 76.2M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BANKS, N. G., 1975 , FIELD EXAM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINOR ADIT HERE, PROSPECT 50'E, PROSPECT 20'W, ADIT 100'W + 50' DOWN, PROSPECT 150'W + 50' DOWN. ALL IN WHAT IS PROBABLY SKARN IN ABRIGO FORMATION. CUOX, OXIDIZED SULFIDE VEINLETS ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 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.