Hampson Prospect

Occurrence in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048343
MRDS ID M899930
Record type Site
Current site name Hampson Prospect
Related records 10232194

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.73901, 31.48986 (WGS84)
Elevation 1478
Relative position 4 MILES SOUTH OF PATAGONIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harshaw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(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

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 022S 016E 29 NW OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN EASTERN TRIBUTARY OF ALUM GULCH, ON SW OF BASE OF RED MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Pyrite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Rhyolite In Fissure Zone Is Crushed, Altered, And Softened

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Trachyandesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Chronological age 72.1
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.73901, 31.48986

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Contact Between Rhyolite Porphyry And Area Of Sharply Upfaulted Diorite Parallels Fissure, 20 Ft Distant To South
Type of structure Local
Structure description Sheeting Common To Both Rhyolite And Diorite Dips 45e

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip STEEPLY TO SOUTH
    Width 0.91M
  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip STEEPLY TO SOUTH

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Fissure Zone; Contained In Crushed Ryolite And Small Quartzitic Stringers

Comments on the geologic information

  • AREA OF DIORITE INTRUSION IS 800 FT WIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Harshaw District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED A 60-FT CROSSCUT TNNEL, 100 FT OF DRIFT, 2 SHALLOW WINZES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE RANGES FROM 9 INCHES TO 3 FT IN WIDTH; OCCASIONAL 3-4 INCH QUARTZ STRINGERS ARE FOUND IN FISSURE ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Calder, Susan R. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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