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Unnamed Prospect Ml70

Occurrence in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10095452
MRDS ID M051054
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect Ml70

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.76818, 32.44039 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Lemmon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rillito(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado 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 Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 11S 15E 36 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.76818, 32.44039
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Roof Pendant Carbonates

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Oracle District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BANKS, N. G., 1975 , FIELD EXAM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DID NOT VISIT WORKINGS BUT OBSERVED MINERALIZED FLOAT & DEPT. SHERIFF TOLD ME THE LOCATION. CUOX. FROM FLOAT IT IS PROBABLY A CAMBRIAN ABRIGO PENDANT IN THE DIORITE. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Banks, Norman G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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