The Fisher Prospect is a copper mine located in Graham county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,000 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: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 32.93583, -110.22972
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Fisher Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fisher Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Graham
District: Aravaipa 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
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chalcopyrite Replaced By Supergene Minerals
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Covellite
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PLACERS IN EAST DRAINING STREAMS OF SANTA RITA MTNS. ORE IS FOUND IN PRESENT GULCH GRAVELS AND IN GRAVELS ON HILLSIDES AND RIDGETOPS BETWEEN GULCHES. GOLD IS LARGELY IN THE LOWER 2 FEET OF ANGULAR GRAVEL OVERLYING BEDROCK. SOURCE OF GOLD IS BELIEVED TO BE FREE GOLD-BEARING VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ LATITE PORPHYRY.
Comment (Location): SECTIONS 17 - 19 , 29 - 31 IN T19S, R16E. UTM IS GENERAL FOR AREA.
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: GRAVELS HAVE BEEN REWORKED SEVERAL TIMES.
Comment (Workings): DEPOSITS HAVE BEEN WORKED BY DRAGLINE, DRYLAND DREDGE, ROCKER, DRYLAND WASHING PLANT.
Comment (Deposit): INDIVIDUAL GULCHES HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED BY SCHRADER, 1915 ; HILL, 1910 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 763, P. 103
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