Unnamed Prospects

The Unnamed Prospects is a copper, silver, and tungsten mine located in Cochise county, Arizona.

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

Name: Unnamed Prospects  

State:  Arizona

County:  Cochise

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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