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Unnamed Prospect Vhnw-014n

Occurrence in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodity 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039921
MRDS ID M051110
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect Vhnw-014n

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.63738, 32.46066 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gap Tank(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

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 007E 22 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Quartz-Sericite-Pyrite?

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.63738, 32.46066
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Bell District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BANKS, N. G., 1976 , FIELD EXAM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHRYSOCOLLA SHOWING. TO SOUTH, THE GOSSAN TURNS TO PYRITIC, HERE IT IS ? CHALCOCITE, THERE IS NO QTZ VEINING, AND THE SULFIDES APPEAR TO BE DISSEMINATED AND ON FRACTURE SURFACES. THE ALTERATION IS DIFFICULT TO TYPE, ALTERATION IS OBVIOUS BUT THE KEY MINERALS ARE NOT OBVIOUS OR EASILY DISCERNABLE BY HAND LENS. A SLIGHT BLEACHING ALONG SOME FRACTURES SUGGEST SERICITE - PYRITE WITHOUT QUARTZ INTRODUCTION ; 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

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