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Unnamed Prospect.

Occurrence in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039437
MRDS ID M050079
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.34624, 32.94704 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Relative position 1 MILE SE OF ARAVAIPA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cobre Grande Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 006S 020E 06 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COPPER STAIN, BUT NO ORE EVIDENT.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name 68 My/Copper Creek Granodiorite
    Rock description 68 My/Copper Creek Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Pinal Schist Precambrian Metasedimentary, Metavolcanic
    Rock description Pinal Schist Precambrian Metasedimentary, Metavolcanic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.34624, 32.94704
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Minor Pre-Cretaceous E And Ne Trending Folds And Major Post-Cretaceous Nnw Trending Faults.

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PROSPECT LOCATED IN METASEDIMENTARY OR METATUFF OF PINAL SCHIST ALONG A GOUGE-FILLED FRACTURE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Aravaipa District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 330M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT 120 FT. CROSSCUT 210 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, F.S. 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 461

  • Deposit

    1925 GEOLMAP ROSS, C.P. BULL. 763.

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP SIMONS, F.S. PROF. PAPER 461.

  • Production

    SIMONS, F.S. 1964.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey

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