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Unnamed Prospect Tn6

Occurrence in Pima 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039707
MRDS ID M050685
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect Tn6

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.95708, 32.37094 (WGS84)

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)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Pusch Ridge Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

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 19 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Epidote Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Other. Epidote

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.95708, 32.37094
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Range Front Fault 1000-2000' Nw No Major Structure Immediate To Pit.

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N40W
    Dip 20SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • "Impermeable" Biotite Zones

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BANKS, N. G., 1974 , FIELD EXAM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORIGINAL ALTERATION DIFFICULT TO SEPARATE FROM METAMORPHIC AND OXIDATION PROCESSES. EPIDOTE MAY BE PRIMARY. OXIDIZED SULFIDES ON FRACTURES. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

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