Counties, states, countries, continents, or oceans | |
Pima | county |
Arizona | state |
United States | country |
North America | continent |
Land | continent |
Map quadrangles, from USGS or Canadian NTS | |
Maish Vaya | quadrangle 1:24,000 scale |
Ajo | quadrangle 1:100,000 scale |
Ajo | quadrangle 1:250,000 scale |
Watershed boundaries (USGS hydrologic units) | |
San Simon Wash | hydrologic unit |
Rio Sonoyta | hydrologic accounting unit |
Sonora | hydrologic subregion |
Lower Colorado | hydrologic region |
Unit | State | Lithology |
---|---|---|
Jurassic granitic rocks | AZ | Jurassic |
Early Pleistocene to latest Pliocene surficial deposits | AZ | Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene |
Middle Miocene to Oligocene sedimentary rocks | AZ | Oligocene to Middle Miocene |
ID | Data type | Description |
---|---|---|
South-central Arizona | M-D&Dz | South-central Arizona 10138 line km with spacing 1.60 km over parts of AZ |
Ajo | M/R-D | Ajo 2640 line km with spacing 9.60 km over parts of AZ |
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 |
SB13 | Porphyry Cu | Laramide |
SB17 | Porphyry Cu-Au | Laramide |
Domain | Crust type | Region |
---|---|---|
Mojave | Lateral-extensional orogen | Central and Southwest |
Site name | Development | Commodities |
---|---|---|
Cara Vaca Mine | Producer | AU AG |
Red Devil Claim | Occurrence | CU AG |
Cara Vaca Mine | Past Producer | AU AG |
Taylor Nickel | Occurrence | NI FE |
Deposit name | Deposit type | Location |
---|---|---|
Taylor Nickel | Occurrence | Arizona, United States |
Sample ID | Sample source | Sample notes |
---|---|---|
D196501 | STREAM SEDIMENT (SS) | |
D196503 | STREAM SEDIMENT (SS) | |
D196504 | STREAM SEDIMENT (SS) | |
D196505 | STREAM SEDIMENT (SS) | |
D196506 | STREAM SEDIMENT (SS) |
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 |
Feature ID | Feature type | Feature name |
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Prospect Pit | point | |
Prospect Pit | point | |
Prospect Pit | point | |
Prospect Pit | point | |
Prospect Pit | point | |
Mine Shaft | point | |
Prospect Pit | point | |
Prospect Pit | point | |
Prospect Pit | point | |
Adit | point | |
Adit | point | |
Adit | point |