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Unnamed Cu prospects 98-9 & 98-10, Amole District, Tucson Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA
Latitude: 32°14'44"N
Longitude: 111°8'8"W
Longitude: 111°8'8"W
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10039761, MRDS ID #M050784.
Cu occurrences/prospects with surface and underground workings located in sec. 5, T14S, R12E.
Mineralization is ore that strikes N76W and dips vertically. It is hosted in arkose.
The Silver Lily Dike is located immediately to the north. Dike rock is exposed about 3 meters N of the shaft, but the workings are in argillite almost entirely. Argillite on the dump has disseminated pyrite. The adit is at locality 98-10, while the shaft is at locality 98-9. Vein material is coarse white calcite with minor black, massive limonite and minor Cu silicate plus malachite crusts.
Local structures include minor fractures.
Workings include a shaft, a pit 15 meters NW of the shaft, and an adit 75 meters to the SE of the shaft. The workings are alligned along a N76W trend, which is approximately parallel to the large Silver Lily Dike, immediately to the north.
Mineral List
| Calcite 'Copper Stain' | Limonite Malachite | Pyrite |
5 entries listed. 3 valid minerals.
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