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Gossan No. 4 Prospect

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095026
MRDS ID M000031
Record type Site
Current site name Gossan No. 4 Prospect
Related records 10137905

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.10989, 32.31789 (WGS84)
Elevation 622
Relative position 4 MILES W OF GU ACHI (SANTA ROSA)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Rosa Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 012S 003E 06,07 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE. PAPAGO INDIAN RESERVATION LAND LINES UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Uranium Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result SURFACE RADIOMETRIC, 1954 , 0.015 - 0.025 MR/HR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.10989, 32.31789
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN PIMA AND PINAL COUNTIES, ARIZONA, 1950 TO 1957 : US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION RME - 159 , JUNE 1970 , P. 44

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) 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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