1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Yuma county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Manganese
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065242
MRDS ID TC40350
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.43659, 33.36174 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yuma(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nottbusch Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Little Horn Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Gila(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 Yuma

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001S 012W 12 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Specularite Ore

Analytical data

Result 2 SAMPLES: 0.43% CU AND 0.37% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.43659, 33.36174
ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE PROSPECT.

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 INACCESIBLE SHAFTS, 10 PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MILLER, R.J., GRAY, FLOYD, HASSEMER, J.R., HANNA, W.F., PITKIN, J.A., HORNBERGER, M.I., JONES, S.L., AND LANE, M.E., 1989, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE EAGLETAIL MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, LA PAZ, MARICOPA, AND YUMA COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1702-G, 18 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FAULTS, FRACTURES, AND BRECCIA IN VOLCANICS HAVE SCARCE CU, FE, MN MINERALS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1994 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Arizona resources

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