Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead
Sections on this page
  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. 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 10039974
MRDS ID M051210
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.96402, 32.89427 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crozier Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(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 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) "Qtz-Ser-Pyr;" "Py-Gossan;"

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.96402, 32.89427

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 15 W
    Dip 71 E
    Length 1219.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Vein

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Horse Ranch District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    W.J. KEITH, FIELD EXAM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO VISABLE CU OR PB ON DUMP BUT OTHER MINES IN DISTRICT SHOW MALACHITE, AZURITE, GALENA, & CHALCOPYRITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Keith, William J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.