Unnamed Prospect.

Occurrence in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodity Copper
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092552
MRDS ID M050073
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.32178, 32.94871 (WGS84)
Elevation 1631
Relative position 1.3 MILES S OF LANDSMAN CAMP.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cobre Grande Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(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)

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 Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005S 020E 32 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SPARSE COPPER STAIN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Bolsa Quartzite Quartzite
    Rock description Bolsa Quartzite Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Early Proterozoic metamorphic rocks

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Minor Pre-Cretaceous E And Ne Trending Folds And Major Post-Cretaceous Nnw Trending Faults.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike EW
    Dip 65 N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINERALIZATION IN FAULT ZONE IN BOLSA QUARTZITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Aravaipa District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHALLOW INCLINED SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, F.S., 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 461

  • Deposit

    1925 GEOLMAP ROSS, C.P. BULL. 763.

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP SIMONS, F.S. PROF. PAPER 461.

  • Production

    SOMONS, F.S., 1964.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCALIZED MINERALIZATION ALONG FAULT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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