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Unnamed Prospect 96-4

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039772
MRDS ID M050831
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect 96-4

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.11319, 32.279 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jaynes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(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 13S 12E 27 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.11319, 32.279
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Amole District

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 PITS IN 10M LONG LINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHLEY, R. P., 1974 , FIELD EXAM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WHITE BANDED COARSE CALCITE VEINS IN DEBRIS, ALSO FEW FRAGMENTS HAVE POROUS LIMONITE COATINGS WITH MINOR MALACHITE ; 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.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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