The Unnamed Prospect Vhse-043n is a copper and lead mine located in Pima county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Unnamed Prospect Vhse-043n MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Prospect Vhse-043n
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Contact Of Coarse Grained Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Quartz-Sericite-Pyrite Chalcopyrite; Skarn-No Tactite; Alteration Of Intrusive Is Propylitic But Could Be Supergene. Plagioclase Is Altered To Kaolinite, Probably Sericite Too.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Deposit): INTRUSIVE CONTACT, STRONG BASE METAL MINERALIZATION.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL PROSPECTS, 4 PITS ALONG CONTACT.
Comment (Deposit): ALTERATION OF INTRUSIVE IS PROPYLITIC BUT COULD BE SUPERGENE. PLAGIOCLASE IS ALTERED TO KAOLINITE, PROBABLY SERICITE TOO. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): BANKS, N. G., 1976 , FIELD EXAM
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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