Friez Prospect

The Friez Prospect is a copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,561 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Friez Prospect
Secondary: Gold Bug

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Greaterville 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
Discovery Year: 1915
Discovery Method: 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: STOCKWORK

Structure

Type: R
Description: Homoclinal ; Reg.Trends: Tilting & Broad Open Folds In S & Extensive Faulting In N.

Type: L
Description: Thrust And Normal Faulting - Fracture Zones.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite

Comments

Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD.

Comment (Workings): PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS NOT AVAILABLE.

Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: BASIN AND RANGE ; GEOL.DESC: AGE OF MINERALIZATION BELIEVED TO BE THAT OF THE QUARTZ LATITE INTRUSIVE OF DREWES - 1971. ; REG.COM: STRUCTURE IN DISTRICT IS THRUST FAULTING AND HIGH ANGLE NORMAL FAULTING AND FOLDING.

Comment (Deposit): THE STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS USED ARE THOSE OF H. DREWES - 1971, USGS MAP I-613. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1915 USGS BULL. 582.

Reference (Deposit): DREWES, H., 1971, USGS MAP I-613 (SAHUARITA QUAD).

Reference (Deposit): DREWES, H., 1970, USGS BULL 1312A.

Reference (Deposit): 1909 RECON F.C. SCHRADER, U.S.G.S. BULL. 582.

Reference (Deposit): 1971 GEOLMAP H. DREWES U.S.G.S. MAP I-613.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

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