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Unnamed Prospect Vhne-025n

Prospect 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 10097142
MRDS ID M051108
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect Vhne-025n

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.58264, 32.43039 (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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

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 31 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Quartz-Sericite; Pyrite-Chalcopyrite-Gossan

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.58264, 32.43039
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 15 W
    Dip STEEP E & W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Series Of Less Than 1mm To 5 Cm Quartz-Sulfide Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
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 & 2 SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BANKS, N. G., 1976 , FIELD EXAM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SERIES OF CLOSELY SPACED QTZ-SULFIDE VEINLETS TO 5 CM WITH NOW ALL OXIDIZED AND LEACHED. CHRYSOCOLLA AND MALACHITE MAKE IT SHOWY. IF THIS COVERS APPRECIABLE AREA, IT REPRESENTS AN INTERESTING PROPERTY ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

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

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