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Unnamed Prospect 96-10

Occurrence in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039854
MRDS ID M050936
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect 96-10

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.1268, 32.29067 (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 21 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillitic; Propylitic

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Veined Zone

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 2M

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

  • TUNNEL WITH IRREGULAR STOPED-OUT (?) AREAS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHLEY, R. P., 1974 , FIELD EXAM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINED ZONE SHEARED AND BRECCIATED, WITH STRINGERS AND PODS TO 1M THICK OF MASSIVE SPECULAR HEMATITE PLUS DARK GREEN CHLORITE (PLUS MINOR QUARTZ?), AND LOCALLY ABUNDANT EPIDOTE. DISSEMINATED MALACHITE AND LIMONITE, AND CU SILICATE ON FRACTURES, ARE SCARCE. AT ENTRANCE TO CUT IN FRONT OF PORTAL, SHARP SHEAR, N72W 42S, CUTS OFF VEIN. FOR 2M ON FOOTWALL SIDE OF THIS SHEAR, ANDESITE PARTLY ARGILLIZED. VEIN CONTAINS MINOR GALENA AND POSSIBLE MINOR SPHALERITE. ; 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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