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Escondida Claims

Occurrence in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Uranium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048218
MRDS ID M800303
Record type Site
Current site name Escondida Claims
Related records 10210585

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.2068, 31.90651 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Placed On Prospect Symbols In Section 34

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Samaniego Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(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 Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017S 011E 34 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR GUNSIGHT RANCH IN FRESNAL CNAYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RADIOACTIVITY: BACKGROUND 0.04 MR/HR, 0.16 MR/HR

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.2068, 31.90651
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70E
    Dip 65N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pima District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. Lemons, O. Parmer
    First year 1955

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USAEC RME-159, 1970

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-82 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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