Unnamed Prospect 101-48, 101-49, 101-50, 1

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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039748
MRDS ID M050764
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect 101-48, 101-49, 101-50, 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.11708, 32.1915 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cat Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver Bell Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(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 14S 12E 28 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Quartz-Sericite-Pyrite, Argillitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.11708, 32.1915

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures (Dominant Set)

Ore body information

  • Strike N87W-S88W
    Dip 45-66S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Amole District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 PITS, 2 TUNNELS, SHAFT WITHIN 120M RADIUS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHLEY, R. P., 1974 , FIELD EXAM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ARGILLIZATION ALONG FRACTURES, LOCALLY MAY BE SERICITE PRESENT AS WELL AS KAOLINITE, AND SOME ARKOSE MAY HAVE QUARTZ SERICITE ALTERATION. ARGILLIZED MTL GENERALLY HAS CASTS OF YELLOW-BROWN LIMONITE AFTER DISSEMINATED IRON SULFIDE. BLACK AND YELLOW BROWN LIMONITE AND SOME CU SILICATE FORM CRUSTS ON FRACTURES. (CU SILICATE ACCOMPANIES LIMONITE AT 2 OF THE 5 WORKINGS.) ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Ashley, Roger P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1980 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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