Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Pinal 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092558
MRDS ID M050130
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.46762, 32.75982 (WGS84)
Elevation 1387
Relative position ONE - HALF MILE NE OF COPPER CREEK IN SE CORNER SEC. 2.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oak Grove Canyon(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

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 008S 018E 02 SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO ORE; ONLY SPARSE CU STAINING.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sericite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Copper Creek Granodiorite
    Rock description Copper Creek Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.46762, 32.75982

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Pipe.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BRECCIA PIPE IS IN GRANODIORITE, AND FRAGMENTS OF GRANODIORITE IN BRECCIA HAVE BEEN ALTERED TO QUARTZ AND SERICITE. FRAGMENTS SUBROUNDED, UP TO 1 FT. DIAM. MATRIX OF BRECCIA IS INTERSTITIAL QUARTZ AND RADIATING AGGREGATES OF TOURMALINE NEEDLES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bunker Hill District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    SIMONS, F.S., 1964.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-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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