The O'Connor Prospect is a lead and copper mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,699 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: 5,699 Feet (1,737 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Copper
Lat, Long: 31.36889, -110.70278
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O'Connor Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: O'Connor Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Washington Camp 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.
Administrative Organization: Coronado National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Unknown
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: R
Description: Mineral Deposits Of Washington-Duquesne Area Occupy A Limestone-Sediment Belt (2.5 Mi By 1.25 Mi) Surrounded By Igneous Rocks Which Also Form Detached Masses And Dikes Within Belt
Type: L
Description: Just W Of Contact Of Granodiorite And Colina Limestone Of Washington-Duquesne Limestone Belt
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Hornblendite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030406 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL WATER FILLED SHAFTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, O'CONNOR PROSPECT.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): ADMR, 1962, MOLYBDENUM PROSPECTS IN AZ.
Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, 1974, USGS MAP I-762.
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582.
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