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Unnamed Copper Deposit

Prospect in Pinal 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. 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 10039943
MRDS ID M051148
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Copper Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.07819, 32.6251 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chief Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Casa Grande(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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 009S 012E 26 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillitic & Propylitic & Sericite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Pinal Schist;Apache Diabase
    Rock description Pinal Schist;Apache Diabase

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.07819, 32.6251
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mineralized Fault Gouge

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 35 W
    Dip 85 S
    Thickness 1.5M
    Length 20M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Fault Gouge

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Owl Head District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    J.A. BRISKEY, FIELD EXAM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO MINERALIZATION IN PLACE - ONLY ON DUMPS.
Deposit MINERALIZED FAULT GOUGE FORMS THE CONTACT BETWEEN PINAL SCHIST AND DIABASE. ONLY TRACE AMOUNTS OF MINERALIZATION FOUND ON DUMPS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1976 Briskey, Joseph A. 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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