Unnamed Prospect Ml45

Occurrence in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039703
MRDS ID M050679
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect Ml45

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.90375, 32.33483 (WGS84)
Elevation 1018

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tucson North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rillito(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 12S 14E 34 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 SECTION 34 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Epidote Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic Epidote

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.90375, 32.33483

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E
    Dip ABOUT 90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Catalina District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT 60'

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BANKS, N. G., 1974 , FIELD EXAM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EL. 3340 SW1/4 SEC 34 T12S R14E, QTZ VEINS CROSSCUTTING FOLIATION WITH OX SULFIDES CU SILICATES IN VEINS & REPLACING BIOTITIC GNEISS. ALTERATION EPIDOTE. GNEISS HOST HERE MAY BE PIONEER FM.? ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Banks, Norman G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.