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Unnamed Copper and Lead Prospect

Prospect in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Molybdenum
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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. 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 10097144
MRDS ID M051132
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Copper and Lead Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.08458, 32.72121 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chief Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Casa Grande(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008S 012E 23 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Qtz-Ser

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Oracle Granite
    Rock description Oracle Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.08458, 32.72121
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Owl Head District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 PROSPECTS

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HEAVY QUARTZ VEINING, HEAVY SULFIDE BOXWORK. THIS OUTCROP SUGGESTS ADDITIONAL WORK (DRILLING, GEOPHYSICS) WOULD BE WORTHWHILE. XRAY OF YELLOW FILM-LIKE MATERIAL GIVES XAOLINITE, MONTMORILLONITE, AND DUFTITE (JU PB ASO4OH) PEAKS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1976 Dockter, Roger D. (Banks, Norman G.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1981 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) 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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