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Unnamed Prospect

Prospect in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088605
MRDS ID M050202
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.1151, 32.06706 (WGS84)
Elevation 1532
Relative position 3.5 MILES SW OF JOHNSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dragoon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(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 Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 16S 22E 05 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Huebnerite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Texas Canyon 52+/-3 M.Y. Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Texas Canyon 52+/-3 M.Y. Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.1151, 32.06706
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tertiary Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N To Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 90
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 548.64M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: TUNGSTEN-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS CUT QUARTZ MONZONITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cochise District

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHORT ADIT ON THE VEIN AND OPENCUTS ALONG THE VEIN EIGHT TO TWELVE FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WIDTH VARIES FROM FEW INCHES TO SEVERAL FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1972 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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