The Scott Claims is a mine located in Pima 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
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Scott Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Scott Claims
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Silver Bell District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: L
Description: Veinlet Paralels Faulting
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propylitic; Sericite-Quartz-Fluorite
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Galena
Unknown: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 4-5 PROSPECTS & TRENCH
Comment (Deposit): VEIN FRACTURED QUARTZOSE INTRUSIVE, VEINS OF FLUORITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE? ALSO QUARTZ (VUGGY) + PYRITE VEINLETS. OVERALL ALTERATION IS PROPYLITIC BUT SERICITE OCCURS = ADJACENT TO QUARTZ-PYRITE VEINS. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): BANKS, N. G., 1976 , FIELD EXAM
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