| Deposit ID | 10027051 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M001815 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Chicago Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Corona Copper Co. |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.78467, 34.05311 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 579 |
| Relative position | 20 AIR MILES NORTHWEST OF WENDEN. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
La Paz(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Butler Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Alamo Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Bouse Wash(hydrologic unit)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | La Paz |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 008N | 015W | 13 | CENTER OF E | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Iron | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Result | ORE AVERAGING ABOUT 16% CU, 0.802 AU/TON, AND 1.3 OZ AG/TON IN 1907. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| (1) | -113.78467, 34.05311 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | In Places Slicken Sided Surfaces Of Gangue Material Were Noted, Showing Post-Mineral Movement As Well As That Which Occurred Before |
| General form | VUGS, IRREGULAR MASSES |
|---|---|
| Strike | S35E |
| Dip | 80NE |
| Width | 0.1M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Midway District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Corona Copper Co. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 121.92M |
| Overall depth | 38.1M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M001815 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040270276 |
USGS BULL 451, P. 121.
ABGMT BULL 192, P. 163.
PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SPOTTY, OXIDIZED, COPPER MINERALIZATION WITH STRONG HEMATITE AND QUARTZ AND LOCAL BARITE, MINOR FLUORITE, AND TRACES OF SULPHIDES IN IRREGULAR FAULT-VEINS AND/OR REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS. |
| Deposit | NOT THE SAME AS COPPER GLANCE MINE OR MAMMOTH PROSPECT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1972 | Gere, W. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-OCT-1979 | Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-APR-1993 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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