Unnamed Prospect Vhne-078n

Occurrence in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095456
MRDS ID M051072
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect Vhne-078n

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.54681, 32.43594 (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)

Lower Santa Cruz(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 011S 008E 32 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) K-Potassic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.54681, 32.43594

Economic information

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

  • PROSPECT & ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BANKS, N. G., 1976 , FIELD EXAM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY ALTERED INTRUSIVE MODERATE AMT OF SULFIDES WITH KFELDSPAR HALOS ON VEINS - MALACHITE STAINS OBSERVED AND GOOD CHALCOPYRITE BOXWORK ACCOUNTS FOR AT LEAST 1/2 OF SULFIDE GOSSAN. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Banks, Norman G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.