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Unnamed Prospects

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Tungsten
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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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039518
MRDS ID M050207
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.05122, 32.02929 (WGS84)
Relative position NW, W AND SW OF DRAGOON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dragoon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willcox Playa(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 016S 022E 11,12,13,14,23,24 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MOST ORE FROM THE PROSPECTS IN THIS AREA COME FROM SMALL QUARTZ VEINS, AND MOST OF THESE DEPOSITS ARE TOO SMALL FOR PROFITABLE MINING.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Horquilla Limestone;Texas Canyon Quartz
    Rock description Horquilla Limestone;Texas Canyon Quartz

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.05122, 32.02929
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tertiary Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N To Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NUMEROUS QUARTZ VEINS ARE LOCATED AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF A TERTIARY QUARTZ MONZONITE PLUTON. MANY ARE MINERALIZED BUT MOST ARE SMALL LOW GRADE CONCENTRATIONS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1914
Discoverer J.B. Gregory, Jim Neal, C.F. Elliot, Thomas Higgins, H.J. Clifford, O.T. Smith, Empire Copper And Gold Mining Co.

Mining district

District name Cochise District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner John Walker

Comments on the production information

  • OTHER SMALL ORE SHIPMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE FROM OTHER PROSPECTS AND MOST OF THIS WAS COPPER ORE. A FEW HUNDRED POUNDS OF TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATES WERE PRODUCED.

Comments on the workings information

  • HUNDREDS OF SMALL PITS AND SHAFTS ARE SUNK IN THIS GENERAL AREA. THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA INCLUDES OCCURENCES, RAW PROSPECTS, DEVELOPED PROSPECTS AND PRODUCERS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NUMEROUS SMALL QUARTZ VEINS ARE FOUND IN THIS AREA.
Deposit THE UTM COORDINATES GIVEN REPRESENT A MIDPOINT OF PROSPECTS IN THE AREA. HUNDREDS OF SMALL PROSPECTS ARE IN THIS GENERAL AREA. NEARLY ALL ARE UNECONOMIC, CONTAINING SMALL LOW GRADE CONCENTRATIONS OF OXIDIZED COPPER MINERALS AND IN SOME PLACES SCHEELITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: MOSTLY PRIOR TO WORLD WAR 1

Reporter information

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

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