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Unnamed Prospect 95-18

Occurrence in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Molybdenum
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10039880
MRDS ID M051037
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect 95-18

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.12486, 32.31094 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jaynes(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 013S 012E 09 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Wulfenite Ore
Quartz Gangue

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.12486, 32.31094
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS
    Strike N30E
    Dip 52E
    Width 1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Coats Of 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

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS AND CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHLEY, R. P., 1974 , FIELD EXAM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHEAR ZONE LACED WITH QUARTZ AND SPECULAR HEMATITE VEINS TO 5CM AND A FEW RELATIVELY CLEAR QUARTZ VEINLETS TO 1-2CM. WULFENITE COATS FRACTURES AND ALSO FORMS MASSES THAT LOOK INTERGROWN WITH POROUS SPECULAR HEMATITE AND QUARTZ. ; 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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