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Unnamed Copper Deposit

Prospect in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodity 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039957
MRDS ID M051167
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Copper Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.14847, 32.52511 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Desert Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Casa Grande(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010S 012E 31 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Samaniego Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Samaniego Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.14847, 32.52511
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 W
    Dip 90 DEG
    Thickness 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Owl Head District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    N.G. BANKS, FIELD EXAM

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO FOOT VEIN WITH CHALCOPYRITE GOSSAN AND MODERATELY STAINED WITH CHRYSOCOLLA. ENTIRE AREA SHOWS EXTENSIVE BUT PROBABLY (LOW GRADE ORE) COPPER GOSSAN WITH LIGHT PYRITE. ALTERATION IS PERVASIVE CHLORITIZATION WITH FRACTURE LININGS OF EPIDOTE AND SPARCE SERICITE SELVAGES ON THE QUARTZ VEINS.

Reporter information

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

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