| Deposit ID | 10027262 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M002663 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Arkansas & Arizona Prospect |
| Related records | 10259176 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.1238, 34.76532 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1524 |
| Relative position | 1/2 MILE N OF UNITED VERDE MINE (JEROME) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Yavapai(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Clarkdale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Prescott(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Verde(hydrologic unit)
Verde(hydrologic accounting unit)
Salt(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Prescott National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Yavapai |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 016N | 002E | 15 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Deception Rhyolite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Deception Rhyolite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| (1) | -112.1238, 34.76532 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Foliation In Matavolcanic Rocks Trends N10w To N40w |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Massive Sulfide Lenses Elongate Parallel To Bedding In Metavolcanic Rocks |
| Width | 25.91M |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Verde District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 1828.8M |
| Overall depth | 487.68M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M002663 |
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CONFLICTING REPORTS WHETHER OR NOT ORE WAS FOUND |
| Deposit | DEPOSIT WAS EXPLORED BY SINKING SHAFT THROUGH COVER OF PALEOZOIC ROCKS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1972 | Gere, W. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1979 | Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-1982 | Dewitt, Ed H. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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