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C.O.D. Prospect

Occurrence in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027212
MRDS ID M002488
Record type Site
Current site name C.O.D. Prospect
Related records 10274473

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.95884, 33.39118 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position WEST SIDE OF RED RAVEN WASH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yuma(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Owl Head(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Little Horn Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Gila(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001N 017W 36 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE KOFA GAME RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Occurs In A Brecciated Zone Ten To Forty Feet Wide

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Alamo Springs District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SINGLE SHAFT AND SHALLOW DISCOVERY HOLES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES, E.L. JR.; 1915; ARECONNAISSANCE IN THE KOFA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 620, P. 162

  • Deposit

    WILSON, 1933, ARIZ. BU. MINES BULL. 134, P. 118

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) 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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