Mesquite claims (Mesquite group; Copper Fern), Pima Co., Arizona, USA
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 31° 39' 42'' North , 111° 20' 48'' West |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 31.66167,-111.34667 |
GeoHash: | G#: 9t8u45zfd |
Other regions containing this locality: | Sonoran Desert, North America |
Locality type: | Group of Claims |
Köppen climate type: | BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate |
‡Ref.: Arizona Department of Mineral Resources (1961) file data.
Hirt, William C. (1978) Native Copper Mineralization in the Silver Bell Andesite at Las Guijas, Pima County, Arizona; University of Arizona MS thesis.
Niemuth, N.J. & K.A. Phillips (1992), Copper Oxide Resources, Arizona Department of Mines & Mineral Resources Open File Report 92-10: 12 (Table 1).
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10137278, MAS ID #0040190756.
A group of Cu-Mo claims/prospect located in the center sec. 29 and sec. 30, T.20S., R10E. (Arivaca 15 minute topo map), on federal land. W.D. Roper, Charles D. Mareydt and Harvey D. Riggs, owners (1961); and, Bill Loveall, owner (1979).
Mineralization includes oxidized copper minerals.
No minerals currently recorded for this locality.
Regional Geology
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Quaternary - Miocene 0 - 23.03 Ma ID: 3185380 | Cenozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Cenozoic (0 - 23.03 Ma) Lithology: Sedimentary rocks Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
Campanian - Oxfordian 72.1 - 163.5 Ma ID: 2847809 | Cretaceous to Late Jurassic sedimentary rocks with minor volcanic rocks Age: Mesozoic (72.1 - 163.5 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Temporal Formation; Bathtub Formation; Sand Wells Formation; Fort Crittenden Formation; McCoy Mountains Formation Description: Sandstone and conglomerate, rarely forms prominent outcrops; massive conglomerate is typical near base of unit and locally in upper part. These deposits are nonmarine except in southeastern Arizona, where prominent gray marine limestone (Mural Limestone) forms the middle of the Bisbee Group. Sandstones are typically medium-bedded, drab brown, lithic-feldspathic arenites. Includes Bisbee Group (largely Early Cretaceous) and related rocks, Temporal, Bathtub, and Sand Wells formations, rocks of Gu Achi, McCoy Mountains Formation, and Upper Cretaceous Fort Crittenden Formation and equivalent rocks. (80-160 Ma) Lithology: Major:{arenite,conglomerate}, Minor:{limestone} Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133] |
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