The Madera Prospect is a copper mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,499 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 33.33278, -110.89306
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Madera Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Madera Prospect
Secondary: Ellis Vein
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Pinal Mountains District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Nw Bedding Fracture
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidized & Leached Capping Of Pyrite & Copper Sulfides
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 5 CHURN DRILL HOLES IN 1948 ON MOST PROMISING GROUND AVERAGED 0.42 % CU. PROTORE AVERAGED 0.14% CU
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Ferrimolybdite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 5 CHURN DRILL HOLES IN 1948
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M000365 AND REC ORD M030439 OF JAN WILT MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, 1963, USGS BULL 1141-H, P. H-14
Reference (Deposit): ABM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): CREASEY & KISTLER, 1962, USGS PP 450-D, P. D1-D5
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