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Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence 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. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088607
MRDS ID M050206
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.05983, 32.04401 (WGS84)
Elevation 1448
Relative position 4 MILES SOUTH 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)

Willcox Playa(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 016S 022E 13,14,23 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SCHEELITE IS MORE ABUNDANT THAN HUEBNERITE. EXAMINATION OF NUMEROUS VEINS SHOWS TRACES OF SCHEELITE ARE COMMON EAST OF MERIDIAN OF TRIANGLE T RANCH. SCHEELITE CAN OCCUR OUTSIDE QUARTZ VEINS IN SILICIFIED AND MUSCOVITIZED QUARTZ MONZONITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Huebnerite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result NEAR LIMESTONE INCLUSION TUNGSTEN CONTENT IS ESTIMATED AT 2 PCT. TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE ACROSS A WIDTH OF 4 TO 5 FT.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Escabrosa Limestone;Black Prince Limestone;Texas Canyon Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Escabrosa Limestone;Black Prince Limestone;Texas Canyon Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.05983, 32.04401
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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
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 243.84M

Comments on the geologic information

  • CLIFF-FORMING LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE. ; GEOL.DESC: TUNGSTEN BEARING QUARTZ VEINS CUT QUARTZ MONZONITE. SOME VEINS OCCUR EN ECHELON. SOME CONCENTRATION OF TUNGSTEN OCCURS NEAR A LIMESTONE INCLUSION 3,300 FT. WSW OF CENTURION MINE. S-SHAPED EN ECHELON FAULTS INDICATE RIGHT LATERAL MOVEMENT ALONG EN FAULTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939

Mining district

District name Cochise District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS ARE ABUNDANT IN MARGINAL PARTS OF THE QUARTZ MONZONITE. SOME VEINS ARE SHEARED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit A SECOND VEIN SYSTEM TRENDS S 60 W.
Deposit Discovery Year: PRIOR TO WORLD WAR 1

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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