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M & M Prospect

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027876
MRDS ID M004305
Record type Site
Current site name M & M Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.35268, 34.19006 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 1 1/3 MILES SW OF CROWN KING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crown King(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010N 001W 22 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • APPARENTLY VERY NEAR TIGER MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Analytical data

Result AT BEST, NEARLY 1 OZ. AU/TON, 180 OZ. AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Corwn King Granodiorite (Informal Name);Rhyolite Dikes
    Rock description Corwn King Granodiorite (Informal Name);Rhyolite Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.35268, 34.19006
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Veins Trend N20e, Parallel To Foliation In Precambrian Rocks
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Trend N20e

Ore body information

  • Strike N 18 E
    Dip W
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE GRANODIORITE IS A ROUGHLY CIRCULAR, 2.5 MILE DIAMETER STOCK WHICH INTRUDES PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC AND PLUTONIC ROCKS. VEIN CUTS CROWN KING GRANODIORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1918
Year of last production 1923

Mining district

District name Tiger District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEIKES, V.C., 1926 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE JEROME AND BRADSHAW MOUNTAINS QUADRANGLES, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 782 , P. 174

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PAY STREAK 6 INCHES WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1981 Dewitt, Ed H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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