Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodity Copper
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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039979
MRDS ID M051221
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.40153, 32.68899 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Newman Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Casa Grande(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(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 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Py-Gossan

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.40153, 32.68899

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Occurrence

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN OR POD

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Qtz Vein - Possible Fault Location.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Picacho District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    W. YEEND, FIELD EXAM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Yeend, Warren U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.