The Unnamed Copper and Lead Prospect is a copper, lead, and molybdenum mine located in Pinal county, Arizona.
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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:
Commodity: Copper, Lead, Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 32.72111, -111.08389
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Unnamed Copper and Lead Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Copper and Lead Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Owl Head 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
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: Qtz-Ser
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Workings): 3 PROSPECTS
Comment (Deposit): HEAVY QUARTZ VEINING, HEAVY SULFIDE BOXWORK. THIS OUTCROP SUGGESTS ADDITIONAL WORK (DRILLING, GEOPHYSICS) WOULD BE WORTHWHILE. XRAY OF YELLOW FILM-LIKE MATERIAL GIVES XAOLINITE, MONTMORILLONITE, AND DUFTITE (JU PB ASO4OH) PEAKS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): BANKS, N.G., DOCKTOR, R.D., AND BRISKEY, J.A., 1976, MAPS OF MINES, MINERALIZATION, AND ALTERATION IN THE TORTOLITA MOUNTAINS QUAD, ARIZ., MAP A. (OPEN FILE)
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