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Tucson Prospect

Prospect in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10258866
MAS/MILS ID 0040230390
Record type Site
Current site name Tucson Prospect
Alternate or previous names Coronado Nf, Part 12, Santa Rita Mt, Unit, Az, Usbm Ofr Mla 11-94.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.87508, 31.71683 (WGS84)
Elevation 1600
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Hopkins(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(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

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 Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020 S 014 E 02 SE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.87508, 31.71683
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Date of Last Modification 940801

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Old Baldy

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • AREA COVERED WITH PRIVATE SUMMER HOMES AND RESIDENCES (1992).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM FIELD NOTES CU59

  • Deposit

    AZBM CARD FILE SANTA CRUZ CTY

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F C 1915 USGS BULL 582 P175

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-94 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.