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Bouse Gold-Copper Prospect

Occurrence in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Iron
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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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027791
MRDS ID M004106
Record type Site
Current site name Bouse Gold-Copper Prospect
Related records 10210037

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.0794, 33.93449 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Relative position ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF BOUSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bouse(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blythe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

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 007N;007N 017W;018W 19;24 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Analytical data

Result 39.5 % IRON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.0794, 33.93449
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 12.19M
    Length 91.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Northern Plomosa District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • 45 DEG INCLINE SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARRER, C.M.; 1964; RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON RESOURCES IN ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8236, P. 123

Reporter information

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

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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