Scott Claims

Occurrence in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc, Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite
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 10039918
MRDS ID M051104
Record type Site
Current site name Scott Claims
Related records 10137550

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.53264, 32.44344 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Bell West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Santa Cruz(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 011S 008E 28 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Fluorite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic; Sericite-Quartz-Fluorite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.53264, 32.44344

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Veinlet Paralels Faulting

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 E
    Dip 65 W FAULTING

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting & Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Bell District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 4-5 PROSPECTS & TRENCH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BANKS, N. G., 1976 , FIELD EXAM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN FRACTURED QUARTZOSE INTRUSIVE, VEINS OF FLUORITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE? ALSO QUARTZ (VUGGY) + PYRITE VEINLETS. OVERALL ALTERATION IS PROPYLITIC BUT SERICITE OCCURS = ADJACENT TO QUARTZ-PYRITE VEINS. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Banks, Norman G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1990 Bolm, Karen S. 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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