| Deposit ID | 10037095 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M030390 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Thunder and Standard Mine Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Standard Prospect, Thunder Mine |
| Related records | 10113352, 10259023 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.74929, 31.44486 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1798 |
| Relative position | 0.5 MI W OF AMERICAN PEAK IN EXTREME HEAD OF ALUM GULCH; 3 MI SW O F HARSHAW. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Santa Cruz(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Harshaw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Nogales(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Santa Cruz(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Santa Cruz |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 023S | 016E | 07 | SE | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Result | ORE SAID TO AVERAGE 0.6% CU, 2 OZ/T AG, 40 O/T AU (1915) |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Mt. Wrightson Formation, Rhyolite And Latite Flows And Tuffs And Tu Ffaceous Sandstone | ||||||
| Rock description | Mt. Wrightson Formation, Rhyolite And Latite Flows And Tuffs And Tu Ffaceous Sandstone | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| (1) | -110.74929, 31.44486 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Nw Shear Zones, Ene System Of Faults And Joints With Flat Southerly Dip |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Depth to top | 6.1M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Harshaw District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Coronado National Forest |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 24.99M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M030390 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040230370 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040230384 |
SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582.
ABGMT FILE DATA.
SIMONS, 1974, USGS MAP I-762.
USBM FILES; THUNDER MINE, STANDARD PROSPECT.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | COPPER MINERALS ARE WIDELY DISSEMINATED IN GRANITE PORPHYRY AND CONCENTRATED ALONG SHEAR ZONES. |
| Deposit | THIS REPORWAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030390 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1983 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1982 | Calder, Susan R. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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