Hampson Prospect

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

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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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