Unnamed Prospect 119-2

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. 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 10039791
MRDS ID M050862
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect 119-2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.15069, 32.28067 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Avra(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)

Federal lands

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

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 19 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillitic; Propylitic

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.15069, 32.28067

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 47W
    Width 0.04M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein And Fractures

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 National Park

Comments on the workings information

  • CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHLEY, R. P., 1974 , FIELD EXAM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS BLACK QUARTZ STRINGERS WITH LOCAL BLOBS OF LIMONITE AND DISSEMINATED CU SILICATES. ALSO CU SILICATES ON FRACTURES. LOCALLY IS SOME WHITE CALCITE IN THE VEIN MATERIAL; ALSO A 30CM POD OF MASSIVE LIMONITE. 4M TO W. IS SIMILAR PARALLEL VEIN. MOST ROCK LOOKS PROPYLITIZED BUT LOCALLY BLEACHED ANDCRUMBLY, SO MAY BE ARGILLIZED AS WELL. ; 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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