The Unnamed Prospect 101-32 is a mine located in Pima county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Unnamed Prospect 101-32 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Prospect 101-32
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Amole District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: 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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonite
Rocks
Name: Arkose
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL HAS GALENA PARTLY OXIDIZED TO PROBABLE CERUSSITE, YELLOW -GREEN SERODITE (?) BOXWORKS, SOME LIMONITE FORMING BOXWORKS, AND MINOR CU SILICATE (AND CARBONATE?). ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Workings): BULLDOZER SCRAPING ABSCURES ORIGINAL WORKINGS.
References
Reference (Deposit): ASHLEY, R. P., 1974 , FIELD EXAM
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