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Unnamed Prospect Vhse-043n

Occurrence in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Vanadium, Barium-Barite
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095469
MRDS ID M051128
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect Vhse-043n

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.50237, 32.33428 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Koht Kohl Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver Bell Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Aguirre Valley(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 012S 008E 35 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Quartz-Sericite-Pyrite Chalcopyrite; Skarn-No Tactite; Alteration Of Intrusive Is Propylitic But Could Be Supergene. Plagioclase Is Altered To Kaolinite, Probably Sericite Too.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.50237, 32.33428
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Contact Of Coarse Grained Quartz Monzonite Porphyry

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault, Thrust

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PROSPECTS, 4 PITS ALONG CONTACT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BANKS, N. G., 1976 , FIELD EXAM

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INTRUSIVE CONTACT, STRONG BASE METAL MINERALIZATION.
Deposit ALTERATION OF INTRUSIVE IS PROPYLITIC BUT COULD BE SUPERGENE. PLAGIOCLASE IS ALTERED TO KAOLINITE, PROBABLY SERICITE TOO. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Banks, Norman G. U.S. Geological Survey

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