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Unnamed Prospect Vhne-029n

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, 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. 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 10039919
MRDS ID M051106
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect Vhne-029n

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.51153, 32.38594 (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)

Aguirre Valley(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 14 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic Pyrite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.51153, 32.38594
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 75 E
    Dip STEEP

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ew Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: CRETACEOUS SEDIMENTS - REDBEDS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Bell District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3-4 SHAFTS + 4-6 PROSPECTS PROBABLY = 500-1000' OF WORKINGS MAX

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BANKS, N. G., 1976 , FIELD EXAM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SERIES OF SHAFTS & PITS AROUND AND INCLUDING THE 4 ON THE TOPO BASE. LIGHT TO TRACE PROPYLITIC ALTERATION ADJACENT TO QUARTZ VEINS. VEINING IS LIGHT AND CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH E-W FAULT-FRACTURES. COPPER OXIDES-SILICATES ARE LIGHT WITH LIGHT CCP-PYR BOXWORK IN QUARTZ VEINS. REPORTED TO HAVE PRODUCED GOLD - JIM GALEY, ASARCO RESIDENT GEOLOGIST-PERSONAL COMM. 3/24/75 ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Banks, Norman G. 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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