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Smokey's-Copper Basin Claims

Occurrence in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094233
MRDS ID D000349
Record type Site
Current site name Smokey's-Copper Basin Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.34241, 34.13562 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MILES SOUTH OF CROWN KING; WEST SIDE OF BRADSHAW MTNS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crown King(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 009N 001W 10,11 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic, Sericitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Crazy Basin Quartz Monzonite;;;
    Rock description Crazy Basin Quartz Monzonite;;;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.34241, 34.13562
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Proterozoic Rock Is Massive And Unfoliated
Type of structure Local
Structure description Dikes Of Rhyolite Trend N15e To N35e

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Intrusions

Comments on the geologic information

  • LANE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT CONTAINS SMALL PORPHYRY-RELATED DEPOSITS SPATIALLY ASSOCIATED WITH RHYOLITE DIKE SWARMS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lane Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KING, R.U., (UNPUB. DATA)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1974 King, Robert U. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Dewitt, Ed H. U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 27-APR-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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