Clark Prospect

Occurrence in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum, Copper
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. 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 10037119
MRDS ID M030485
Record type Site
Current site name Clark Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.99098, 33.35591 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position NE OF SUPERIOR, 1/4 MI NE OF CLARK RANCH, N OF US HWY 60-70

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinal Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto 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 Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001S 013E 12 SE4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Fluorite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Granite Wall Rock In Stockwork Is Largely Altered To Muscovite Gre Isen

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Schultze Granite
    Rock description Schultze Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.99098, 33.35591

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 80 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone Cutting Granite Near Contact With Pinal Schist

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Summit District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS AND PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030485 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-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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