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Unnamed Prospect 117-44

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. 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 10039828
MRDS ID M050908
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect 117-44

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.15069, 32.26178 (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)

Brawley Wash(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 31 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyrite-Gossan; Skarn

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) -111.15069, 32.26178
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Skarn

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N65E
    Dip 62S
    Length 50M
    Width 3M

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

  • 4 PITS, ONE ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHLEY, R. P., 1974 , FIELD EXAM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SKARN CONTAINS MINOR CHALCOPYRITE AND PYRITE AND COMMON CU SILICATES AND MALACHITE ON FRACTURES. AT CENTER OF OUTCROP LENGTH OF SKARN IS 1M WIDE GOSSAN ZONE IN FOOTWALL ADJACENT TO SKARN, 10M LONG AT MOST. CALCAREOUS MATERIAL AND SMALLER PARALLEL SKARN ZONES APPEAR FOR AT LEAST 20M INTO HANGING WALL. A FEW M IN HANGING WALL A SIMILAR BUT THINNER SKARN ZONE PICKS UP EN ECHELON AND CONTINUES DOWNHILL TO SW FOR ABOUT 50M. ; 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

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