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Thumper 1,2,3

Prospect in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10161305
MAS/MILS ID 0040090338
Record type Site
Current site name Thumper 1,2,3

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -109.82176, 32.45841 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greasewood Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willcox Playa(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 011 S 025 E 20 SW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -109.82176, 32.45841
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHAFT, 15 X 8 FT AT COLLAR, 31 FT DEEP. FRACTURE ZONE IN MAROON ANDESITE PORPHYRY, STRIKE N. 75 W., VERTICAL DIP. CHRYSOCOLLA IN FRACTURES. A SELECT SAMPLE OF CHRYSOCOLLA IN A SMALL STOCKPILE HAD ASSAY CONCENTRATIONS OF 3,345 PPM ARSENIC, 7.70% COPPER, AND 117.4 PPM SILVER, WITH LOW CONCENTRATIONS OF OTHER METALS. FRACTURE ZONE COULD NOT BE TRACED ON SURFACE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Singleton,Richard R
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1947

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADMR THUMPER 1,2,3 FILE

  • Deposit

    USGS WILLCOX QUAD

  • Deposit

    USGS GREASEWOOD 7.5 MIN QUAD

  • Deposit

    BROWN, S. D., 1993, MINERAL APPRAISAL OF THE CORONADO

  • Deposit

    NATIONAL FOREST, PART 1, PINALENO-GREASEWOOD MOUNTAINS

  • Deposit

    UNIT, GRAHAM COUNTY, ARIZONA: USBM OPEN-FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    MLA 8-93, 76 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-JUL-93 ADMR/Brown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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