Gross Copper Prospects

Occurrence in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Copper, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027846
MRDS ID M004206
Record type Site
Current site name Gross Copper Prospects
Alternate or previous names Mineral Park Property
Related records 10161978

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.15358, 35.35613 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Relative position 4 MI NW OF CERBAT, IN BISMARK CANYON N OF GROSS RANCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cerbat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sacramento Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023N 018W 25 N OF CENTER Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyritized & Silicified Granite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Ithaca Peak Granite
    Rock description Ithaca Peak Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.15358, 35.35613

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Prec Schistosity N30e, Lcret Veins, Fissures, Dikes Nw To Nnw Regionally

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION, LCRET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wallapai District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Duval Corp. (Part Of Mineral Park Property-
    Last year 1968

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 365.76M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 200 FT SHAFT & 2 DRIFTS EACH ABOUT 600 FT LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DINGS, 1951, USGS BULL 978E.

  • Deposit

    EIDEL, 1966, ECON GEOL, V. 61, NO. 7, P. 1305-1306.

  • Deposit

    EIDEL ET AL, 1968, AIME GRATON-SALES VOLUME, V. 2, P. 1258-1281.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS THE MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M004206 WITH RECORD M030382 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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