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Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039439
MRDS ID M050081
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.32345, 32.97316 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position 1/2 MILE NNE OF LANDSMAN CAMP.

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

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 Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005S 020E 29 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COPPER STAIN NOTED, BUT NO SPECIFIC MINERALS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Gangue
Specularite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Escabrosa Limestone Limestone, Dolomite
    Rock description Escabrosa Limestone Limestone, Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.32345, 32.97316
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MASSIVE BODY OF SPECULARITE GARNET OF UNKNOWN SIZE SHOWS COPPER STAIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Aravaipa District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

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