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Unnamed Prospect Vhne-051n

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Vanadium, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039914
MRDS ID M051097
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect Vhne-051n

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.53764, 32.46066 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Bell West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver Bell Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 011S 008E 21 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Wulfenite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Quartz-Sericite-Pyrite; Propylitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.53764, 32.46066
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 85 W
    Dip 55 S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Bell District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BANKS, N. G., 1976 , FIELD EXAM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit APPRECIABLE AMT OF WORKINGS IN 2 OR 3 ADITS. MAJOR FAULT FLOORS ACTIVITY - HANGING WALL MINING. AT LEAST 200-300 FT OF DRIFT + ADIT. VANADINITE-WULFENITE OBSERVED WITH PYRITE, GALENA, AND SPHALERITE BOXWORK AND GOSSAN. TRACE COPPER OXIDE. ACTIVITY APPEARS TO BE KOREAN WAR VINTAGE JUDGING FROM REFUSE. GRAVITY SEPARATOR STILL HERE WITH SCREENS. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Banks, Norman G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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