The Wise Prospect is a silver and copper mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,600 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: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 31.5325, -110.94833
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Wise Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wise Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: San Cayetano 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: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1870
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: East Dipping Monocline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): RUMORED TO ASSAY 10 DOLLARS PER TON IN AG AND CU.
Comment (Production): NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION.
Comment (Geology): REG.COM: DISTRICT IS CO-EXTENSIVE WITH SAN CAYETANO MTS.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Deposit): PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS NOT AVAILABLE.
Comment (Deposit): STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS USED ARE THOSE OF DREWES , 1971, USGS MAP I-614 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1915, USGS BULL. 582.
Reference (Deposit): DREWES, H., 1971 - USGS MAP I - 614 (MT. WRIGHTSON QUAD.).
Reference (Deposit): U.S.B.M. CARD FILE.
Reference (Deposit): 1909 RECON F. C. SCHRADER, USGS BULL. 582
Reference (Deposit): 1971 GEOLMAP H. DREWES, USGS MAP I-614
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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