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Unnamed Prospect 117-56

Occurrence in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039862
MRDS ID M050970
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect 117-56

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.15208, 32.25372 (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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013S 012E 31 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fracture Zone

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N70W
    Dip 30N

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

  • LOW KNOLL COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY PITS AND TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHLEY, R. P., 1974 , FIELD EXAM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCALLY AT MARGINS OF VEINLETS ARE LAYERS OF CALCITE PLUS LIMONITE. GALENA PARTLY OXIDIZED. SPHALERITE RANGES IN COLOR FROM BLACK TO GREEN, FORMS GLOBS TO SEVERAL CM. CU SILICATES AND PROBABLE CHALCOPYRITE MINOR. NO VEIN MATERIAL SEEN IN PLACE.PART OF ARIZONA CONSOLIDATED MINE GROUP. SEE CRIB RECORD-M001019 FOR GENERAL GROUP PRODUCTION AND INFORMATION. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-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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Authoritative Arizona resources

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