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Cox Gulch Prospects

Occurrence in Santa Cruz 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  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 10039569
MRDS ID M050340
Record type Site
Current site name Cox Gulch Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.78235, 31.46653 (WGS84)
Elevation 1390
Relative position COX GULCH SE OF GRAY CAMP.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cumero Canyon(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023S 015E 06 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FREE FROM COPPER CARBONATES & LIMONITE, HAS SOME ALUM & COPPER SULFATE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Mt. Wrightson Volcanics
    Rock description Mt. Wrightson Volcanics

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.78235, 31.46653
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.01M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Palmetto District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, 1915, BULL. 582.

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, 1971, OPEN FILE MAP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL VEINS IN JOINTS PSEUDO BANDED DUE TO ALTERATION & REPLACEMENT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1972 Johnson, Maureen G. 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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