The Unnamed Prospect 118-17 is a mine located in Pima county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Unnamed Prospect 118-17 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Prospect 118-17
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Amole District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Park
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
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: Pyrite-Gossan; Skarn
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 3 PITS SPREAD OUT OVER 15M DISTANCE
Comment (Deposit): MIDDLE PIT CAVED TO EXPOSE TUNNELS, IS IN SKARN POD AT LEAST SEVERAL M IN DIAMETER. LARGE BODY OF MASSIVE LIMONITEGOSSAN WITH IRREGULAR BOUNDARIES TAKES UP HALF THE WIDTH OF THE POD. SOME MALACHITE AND CU SILICATE ON FRACTURES IN SKARN. TWO END PITS HAVE HORNFELS WALLROCK ONLY. TUNNEL AT 118-16 MAY DRIVE INTO SKARN AT THIS LOCATION. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): ASHLEY, R. P., 1974 , FIELD EXAM
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