The Hampson Prospect is a copper mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,849 feet.
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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: 4,849 Feet (1,478 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 31.48972, -110.73833
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Hampson Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hampson Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Iron
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Harshaw District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Form: IRREGULAR
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Contact Between Rhyolite Porphyry And Area Of Sharply Upfaulted Diorite Parallels Fissure, 20 Ft Distant To South
Type: L
Description: Sheeting Common To Both Rhyolite And Diorite Dips 45e
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Rhyolite In Fissure Zone Is Crushed, Altered, And Softened
Rocks
Name: Trachyandesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 72.100000+-3.000000
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): FISSURE RANGES FROM 9 INCHES TO 3 FT IN WIDTH; OCCASIONAL 3-4 INCH QUARTZ STRINGERS ARE FOUND IN FISSURE ZONE
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED A 60-FT CROSSCUT TNNEL, 100 FT OF DRIFT, 2 SHALLOW WINZES
Comment (Geology): AREA OF DIORITE INTRUSION IS 800 FT WIDE
Comment (Location): LOCATED IN EASTERN TRIBUTARY OF ALUM GULCH, ON SW OF BASE OF RED MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITYH
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 258
Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, FRANK S., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000)
Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, FRANKS., 1972, MESOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS AND ADJOINING AREAS, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 658-E
Reference (Deposit): MOORES, RICHARD C. 1972, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF A PORTION OF THE HARSHAW DISTRICT, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, HAMPSON PROSPECT
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