Scientific data near [33.16361,-110.98306]

Search area extends approximately 2.2 km east-west and 2.7 km north-south.

Geographic context

Counties, states, countries, continents, or oceans
Pinal	county
Arizona	state
United States	country
North America	continent
Land	continent
Map quadrangles, from USGS or Canadian NTS
Hot Tamale Peak	quadrangle 1:24,000 scale
Globe	quadrangle 1:100,000 scale
Mesa	quadrangle 1:250,000 scale
Watershed boundaries (USGS hydrologic units)
Middle Gila	hydrologic unit
Middle Gila	hydrologic accounting unit
Middle Gila	hydrologic subregion
Lower Colorado	hydrologic region

Geology of US states

Digital geologic maps of the US states with consistent lithology, age, GIS database structure, and format

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Unit	State	Lithology
Pliocene to middle Miocene deposits	AZ	Middle Miocene to Pliocene
Middle Miocene to Oligocene volcanic rocks	AZ	Oligocene to Middle Miocene
Early Proterozoic metasedimentary rocks	AZ	Early Proterozoic
Middle Proterozoic granitic rocks	AZ	Middle Proterozoic
Middle Proterozoic sedimentary rocks	AZ	Middle Proterozoic

Airborne geophysical surveys

Aerial surveys of magnetic anomaly and gamma ray emission; older surveys were analog record which have been digitized, newer surveys collected data in digital form.

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ID	Data type	Description
Southeast Arizona	M-D	Southeast Arizona 13851 line km with spacing 4.80 km over parts of AZ
Mesa	M/R-D	Mesa 5005 line km with spacing 4.80 km over parts of AZ

Estimates of undiscovered mineral resources

National Mineral Resource Assessment 1998: Estimates of the number of undiscovered mineral resources of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc within identified permissive tracts (geographic areas in which mineral deposits may form).

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Tract	Deposit Type	Mineralization age
SB24	Distal disseminated Ag-Au	Mesozoic - Tertiary
SB03	Skarn Cu	Mesozoic - Tertiary
SB20	Polymetallic replacement + skarn Zn-Pb	Mesozoic - Tertiary
SB14	Porphyry Cu	Laramide
SB17	Porphyry Cu-Au	Laramide

The continental crust

Seventy-seven major components of the North American continent were delineated at a general scale (1:5,000,000); including the general composition, geological environment, and types of primary metals endowments that can be expected in each domain.

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Domain	Crust type	Region
Mazatzal	Lateral-extensional orogen	Central and Southwest

Geochemistry of stream sediments in the US from the NURE-HSSR database

National-scale geochemical analysis of stream sediments and soils in the US collected and analyzed under the National Uranium Resource Evaluation program.

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Sample ID	Date collected	Sample type
5210661	1979-03-26	Soil sample sieved to less than 149 microns (-100 mesh).

Geochemistry of water samples in the US from the NURE-HSSR database

National-scale geochemical analysis of water samples in the US collected and analyzed under the National Uranium Resource Evaluation program.

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Sample ID	Date collected	Sample type
1118119	1979-03-26	Spring water sample filtered through a 0.8 micron filter at the site.
1118120	1979-03-26	Spring water sample filtered through a 0.8 micron filter at the site.

Global distribution of selected mines, deposits, and districts of critical minerals

Approximate locations and short descriptions of mines, deposits, and districts where critical minerals are found. The critical minerals are discussed in USGS Professional Paper 1802 many of these locations are described in further detail in that report.

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Site name	Critical minerals	Deposit type
Ray	Rhenium	Porphyry Cu

National Geochemical Database: Rock

Geochemical analysis of rock samples collected and analyzed by the USGS. This dataset includes and supersedes rock data formerly released as "Geochemistry of igneous rocks in the US extracted from the PLUTO database"

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Sample ID	Rock type	Rock name
M122267	igneous	rhyolite
M122268	igneous	rhyolite
M122269	igneous	diabase
M122270	igneous	rhyolite
M122271	igneous	rhyolite
M122274	igneous	diabase
M122275	igneous	rhyolite
M122276	igneous	diabase

Porphyry copper deposits of the world

Information on porphyry copper deposits from around the world with grade and tonnage models, a general classification based on geologic setting, mineralogy, with data allowing locations of these deposits to be plotted using GIS.

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Deposit name	Deposit type	Location
Ray	17	Arizona, United States

Mineral Resource Data System

MRDS describes metallic and nonmetallic mineral resources throughout the world. Included are deposit name, location, commodity, deposit description, geologic characteristics, production, reserves, resources, and references.

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Site name	Development	Commodities
Indian Springs Mine	Producer	CU AG AU
Primary Crusher	Producer	CU
Palo Verde Group	Past Producer	CU AU AG
Lime Pit	Producer	STN_C
Copper Solvent Extraction Plant	Producer	CU
Silicate Ore Leach Plant	Producer	CU SIL
Tillman Property	Past Producer	CU
Electrowinning Plant	Producer	CU

Global assessment of undiscovered copper resources

Deposits, prospects, and permissive tracts for porphyry and sediment-hosted copper resources worldwide, with estimates of undiscovered copper resources.

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Tract name	Deposit type	Geology
Western Sierra Madre Occidental and Laramide Central	porphyry copper	Belt of Late Cretaceous to middle Eocene (Laramide) magmatic arc rocks in the Sierra Madre Occidental, eastern Mexican Basin and Range, and the Mesa Central of north-central Mexico and extensions north in to the U.S
Tertiary Central Plateau and Rocky Mountains	porphyry copper	Belt of middle Tertiary (Oligocene-Miocene) granitic to intermediate intrusive rocks & volcanics associated w/post-Laramide stage of magmatism in northern Mexico and Mid-Tertiary volcanic fields associated w/post-subduction extension in eastern Rocky Mtns
Western Mexican Basin and Range and Laramide Southwest	porphyry copper	Late Cretaceous to middle Eocene island arc and continental arc rocks along the western margin of Mexico and extending north into the U.S.
Western U.S. and Sonoran Desert Jurassic Arc	porphyry copper	U.S. and Mexican parts of a composite island-continental margin arc that formed during subduction of the Farallon Plate beneath western North America

Prospect- and mine-related features on USGS topographic maps

Symbols indicating mining-related features digitized from historical USGS topographic maps in the western part of the conterminous US. Includes prospect pits, mine shafts and adits, quarries, open-pit mines, tailings piles and ponds, gravel and borrow pit

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Feature ID	Feature type	Feature name
Adit	point
Adit	point
Mine Dump	polygon
Mine Dump	polygon
Mine Dump	polygon
Mine Dump	polygon
Mine Dump	polygon
Mine Dump	polygon
Mine Dump	polygon
Mine Dump	polygon
Open Pit Mine	polygon	Pearl Handle Pit
Open Pit Mine	polygon