The Unnamed Prospects is a copper, silver, and tungsten mine located in Cochise county, Arizona.
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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:
Commodity: Copper, Silver, Tungsten
Lat, Long: 32.02917, -110.05056
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Unnamed Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Cochise District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: John Walker
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1914
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Tertiary Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N To Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: MOSTLY PRIOR TO WORLD WAR 1
Comment (Deposit): THE UTM COORDINATES GIVEN REPRESENT A MIDPOINT OF PROSPECTS IN THE AREA. HUNDREDS OF SMALL PROSPECTS ARE IN THIS GENERAL AREA. NEARLY ALL ARE UNECONOMIC, CONTAINING SMALL LOW GRADE CONCENTRATIONS OF OXIDIZED COPPER MINERALS AND IN SOME PLACES SCHEELITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: NUMEROUS QUARTZ VEINS ARE LOCATED AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF A TERTIARY QUARTZ MONZONITE PLUTON. MANY ARE MINERALIZED BUT MOST ARE SMALL LOW GRADE CONCENTRATIONS.
Comment (Production): OTHER SMALL ORE SHIPMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE FROM OTHER PROSPECTS AND MOST OF THIS WAS COPPER ORE. A FEW HUNDRED POUNDS OF TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATES WERE PRODUCED.
Comment (Deposit): NUMEROUS SMALL QUARTZ VEINS ARE FOUND IN THIS AREA.
Comment (Workings): HUNDREDS OF SMALL PITS AND SHAFTS ARE SUNK IN THIS GENERAL AREA. THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA INCLUDES OCCURENCES, RAW PROSPECTS, DEVELOPED PROSPECTS AND PRODUCERS.
Comment (Commodity): MOST ORE FROM THE PROSPECTS IN THIS AREA COME FROM SMALL QUARTZ VEINS, AND MOST OF THESE DEPOSITS ARE TOO SMALL FOR PROFITABLE MINING.
References
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, J.R., AND SILVER, L.T., 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PROF. PAPER 416
Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP COOPER, J.R. & SILVER, L.T. U.S.GEOL.SURVEY PROF. PAPER 41
Reference (Production): COOPER J.R. AND SILVER, L.T. 1964
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