The Unnamed Prospect is a copper mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,199 feet.
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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: 4,199 Feet (1,280 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 32.75417, -110.48306
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Unnamed Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Bunker Hill District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
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: PIPE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Minor Pre-Cretaceous Folds Trending E And Ne. Major Post-Cretaceous Faulting Trending Nnw.
Type: L
Description: Breccia Pipe.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization, Sericitization.
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Comments
Comment (Commodity): COPPER STAIN, BUT DEPOSIT APPEARS BARREN.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Deposit): GRANODIORITE CUT BY CHLORITE ZONES WHICH ARE FILMED WITH COPPER STAIN. AT DEPTH, PIPE IS NEARLY CIRCULAR AND 25-30 FT. DIAMETER.
Comment (Workings): 1 SHORT ADIT, 1 600FT. ADIT, 2 SHORT DRIFTS
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: BRECCIA CONSISTS OF VARIOUS-SIZED GRANODIORITE FRAGMENTS. SOME ROUNDING. BRECCIA WEAKLY COPPER-STAINED.
References
Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, F.S., 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 461
Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP SIMONS, F.S., PROF. PAPER 461
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): SIMONS, F.S., 1964.
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