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Unnamed Prospect 117-53

Occurrence in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodity Lead
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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 10039866
MRDS ID M050975
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect 117-53

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.14875, 32.25122 (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 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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 Individual Veins

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN, BRECCIA-FILLING
    Strike N85E-N35W
    Dip VERT TO 25S TO SW
    Width 0.02M

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

  • TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHLEY, R. P., 1974 , FIELD EXAM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN MATERIAL IS QUARTZ WITH SOME BARITE AND MINOR PARTLY OXIDIZED GALENA. VEINS TO 20CM WIDE THROUGH 2M WIDE ZONE, AND SOME BRECCIA CEMENTED WITH VEIN MATERIAL. ; 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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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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