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Unnamed Copper Deposit

Occurrence 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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039969
MRDS ID M051187
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Copper Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.06541, 32.58482 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tortolita Mountains(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010S 012E 01 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Qtz-Ccp-Py

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Samaniego Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Samaniego Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.06541, 32.58482
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 78 E
    Dip 72 S
    Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault - Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOOD RELATIONS OF MINERALIZATION CUTTING SAMANIEGO. VERY LITTLE ALTERATION. SOME X FELDS IN VEIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Owl Head District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lester Holt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    N.G. BANKS, FIELD EXAM

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO FURTHER INFORMATION OR REFERENCE FOUND. (1981) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-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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