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Mcleary Prospects

Occurrence in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
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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 10037130
MRDS ID M030552
Record type Site
Current site name Mcleary Prospects
Related records 10162305

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.8804, 31.72707 (WGS84)
Elevation 1448
Relative position 10 MI SSW OF HELVETIA, 35 MI S OF TUCSON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Hopkins(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado 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 Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 019S 014E 35 W2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • IN LOWER PART OF STONE CABIN CANYON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Ferrimolybdite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Altered Granite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Madera Canyon Granodiorite;Elephant Head Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Madera Canyon Granodiorite;Elephant Head Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.8804, 31.72707
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Joints And Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E
    Dip 70N
    Length 457.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins In Joints And Fault Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • TERTIARY QUARTZ VEINS AND RHYOLITE DIKES ARE ALSO WITHIN 0.5 MI OF DEPOSIT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Old Baldy District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coronado Nationaforest

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 40 FT DEEP, 10 FT TUNNEL, 3 OTHER PROSPECTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 430.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030552 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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