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Unnamed Prospect

Past Producer 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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103763
MRDS ID M051206
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.9893, 32.99453 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crozier Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) "Qtz-Ser-Pyr;" "Py-Gossan;"

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Ruin Granite
    Rock description Ruin Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.9893, 32.99453
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 E
    Dip 47 S
    Length 304.8M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • LARGE AMOUNT OF PYRITE DISSEMINATED IN COUNTRY ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ripsey District

Comments on the workings information

  • MAJOR UNDERGROUND

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    W.J. KEITH, FIELD EXAM

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY LARGE DUMP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Keith, William J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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