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Blue Butte Prospect

Occurrence in Yuma 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027233
MRDS ID M002565
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Butte Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.27939, 32.53898 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Relative position 4 MILES SE OF THE LA FORTUNA MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yuma(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fortuna Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuma(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

El Centro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Yuma Desert(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

USAF(Federal land areas administered by USAF)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yuma

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010S 020W 25 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LUKE AIR FORCE RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Hematite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) For Three Or Four Inches From The Vein, The Feldspars Of The Wall Rock Are Stained With Copper, And Thin Fractures Extending Out From The Vein Are Lined With Malachite And Hematite For Distances Up To One Foot

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.27939, 32.53898
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description In This Vicinity, The Granite Is Extensively Sheeted By Several Systems Of Jointing Of Which The Most Prominent Dip Steeply And Strike N15w, S40w, And S40e.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR MASSES
    Strike NE
    Dip 35SE
    Thickness 0.15M
    Length 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fortuna District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D.; 1933; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ.B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 201

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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