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Unnamed Cu Deposit

Prospect in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodity 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. 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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097149
MRDS ID M051146
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Cu Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.02375, 32.51789 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tortolita Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Casa Grande(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(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 010S 013E 32 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic & Skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Sherrer Formation;Concha Limestone Formation;San Maniego Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Sherrer Formation;Concha Limestone Formation;San Maniego Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.02375, 32.51789
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 45 W
    Dip 90
    Thickness 1M
    Length 2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization In Fault, Replace Ls, & In Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO WALL ROCK ALTERATION OF SIGNIFICANCE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Owl Head District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BANKS, N., DOCKTOR, R., AND BRISKEY, J., 1976, MAPS OF MINES ETC., IN THE TORTOLITA MTNS QUAD, MAP A, OPEN FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION IN FAULT, REPLACE LS, & IN FRACTURES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1976 Briskey, Joseph A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1981 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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