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Unnamed Prospect Vhne-009r

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. Ore body information
  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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095453
MRDS ID M051058
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect Vhne-009r

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.51098, 32.37733 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Bell West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver Bell Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Aguirre Valley(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

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 008E 15 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic Vein Chalcopyrite, Chalcocite; B-Potassic??

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.51098, 32.37733
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 E
    Dip STEEP S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults-Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Bell District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 PROSPECT, 1 SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOCKTER, R. D., 1976 , FIELD EXAM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NEAR AND ON CONTACT OF K SEDIMENTS WITH RHYOLITE? DIKE
Deposit SELVAGE OF CHLORITE ALONG VEIN SUGGESTS HYDROTHERMAL BIOTITE. CHALCOPYRITE & CHALCOCITE IN 1-2' VEINWORKS CUTTING CRET IN PROSPECT. IN SHAFT ARE COPPER STAINS (PROBABLY EXOTIC) ALONG FAULT CUTTING THE DIKE. DIKE IS PROBABLY POST MINERAL. NO GOOD LIMONITE STAINS OR BOXWORK INDICATED IN IT. ALTERATION MAY BE POTASSIC BUT PROBABLY PROPYLITIC AND LIGHT. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Dockter, Roger D. 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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