The Unnamed Prospect 97-16 is a mine located in Pima county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Unnamed Prospect 97-16 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Prospect 97-16
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Amole District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Type: L
Description: Argillized Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillitic; Py-Gossan
Rocks
Name: Arkose
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Workings): PIT
Comment (Deposit): LIMONITE ABUNDANT ON FRACTURES ALONG WITH MINOR MALACHITE,AZURITE; ALSO SOME POROUS LIMONITE GOSSAN. MOST LIMONITEIS IN 1M ZONE IN HANGING WALL OF ARGILLIZED ZONE. LOCALLY ROCKIS BRECCIATED, BRECCIA FILLED WITH POROUS LIMONITE GOSSAN. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): ASHLEY, R. P., 1974 , FIELD EXAM
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