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Rasmussen

Occurrence in Yuma county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062460
MRDS ID TC35930
Record type Site
Current site name Rasmussen
Related records 10283275

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.35019, 32.07428 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position Acc, On Border Of R10w And R11w

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yuma(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

O'Neill Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cabeza Prieta Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Sonoyta(hydrologic unit)

Rio Sonoyta(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yuma

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 15S 011W 36 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ON CABEZA PRIETA GAME RANGE. SOME WORKINGS MAY EXTEND INTO SEC 31, T15S, R10W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ankerite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Limonite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Weak Sericitic And Chloritic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.35019, 32.07428
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, J.A., AND TOSDAL, R.M., 1986, MINERAL OCCURRENCE MAP AND TABULATION OF GEOLOGIC, COMMODITY, AND PRODUCTION DATA, AJO AND LUKEVILLE QUADRANGLES, SOUTHWESTERN ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1834-A, SCALE 1:250,000

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CALCITE-QUARTZ VEIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-92 Orris, Greta J. 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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