The Standard Prospect is a molybdenum, copper, and zinc mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,701 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: 4,701 Feet (1,433 Meters)
Commodity: Molybdenum, Copper, Zinc
Lat, Long: 32.06556, -110.04056
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Standard Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Standard Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Tungsten
Secondary: Beryllium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Cochise District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mrs. Thomas Adams
Home Office: Dragoon, Az.
Years: 1955 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: MANTOS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nw Trending Tert Block Faulting
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Recrystallized Limestone
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 53.000000+-
Age Young: Tertiary
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Powellite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Orthoclase
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Zoisite
Comments
Comment (Location): 2 MI SE OF KEYSTONE MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Geology): ABRIGO FORMATION MINERALIZED SAME WAY AS AT JOHNSON WHICH MAY INDI CATE ORE BENEATH ALLUVIUM IN KEYSTONE & CENTURION MINE AREAS. THIS ARE A HAS HIGHER GRADE METAMORPHISM THAN AT JOHNSON ABRIGO UNIT CONTAINING MOST MINERALIZATION AT JOHNSON NOT INTERSECTED BY DRILLING AT STANDAR D PROSPECT.
Comment (Development): USBM PUT DOWN 2 DRILL HOLES IN 1948; PATENTED MINING CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): UNDER ALLUVIUM
Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS, 260 & 49 FT DEEP, BOTH NOW FILLED; DIAMOND DRILL HOLES
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050018 WITH RE CORD M030577 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1973, ABM BULL 187
Reference (Deposit): COOPER & SILVER, 1964, USGS PP 416
Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON ET AL, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375
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