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McKay Prospect

Occurrence in Yuma county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Iron
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095035
MRDS ID M004591
Record type Site
Current site name McKay Prospect
Related records 10186440

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.37661, 32.73841 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Relative position NORTHEASTERN TIP OF THE GILA MOUNTAINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yuma(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fortuna(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuma(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

El Centro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Gila(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yuma

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008S 021W 12,13 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.37661, 32.73841
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Here Black Schist Has Been Cut By Several Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 75 W
    Dip 70 S

Comments on the geologic information

  • IN METAMORPHOSED MESOZOIC (?) SEDIMENTS NEAR MESOZOIC GRANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dome District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Amoco Minerals Co.
    Home office Englewood, Co.
    First year 1986

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OLD SHALLOW SHAFT, AND A FEW SHORT TUNNELS

Comments on development

  • DURING 1984-86, GEOLOGIC EVALUATION AND SURFACE DRILLING PROJECT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 200.

  • Deposit

    NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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