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Copper Point Prospect

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039597
MRDS ID M050395
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Point Prospect
Related records 10235003

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.61623, 31.89402 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 8 MI. SSW OF PANTANO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Narrows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rillito(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 18S 17E 04 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE AVERAGES 20 PCT. CU, 20 OZ. AG AND $3 GOLD PER TON.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Pyrite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.61623, 31.89402
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 0.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Limestone Contact With Intruded Granite.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Empire District

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1915, U.S.G.S. BULL. 582

  • Deposit

    FINNELL, 1971, U.S.G.S. MAP OPEN FILE.

  • Production

    SCHRADER, 1915

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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