Mine detail: Hampson Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

31.48986, -110.73901

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Iron
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Copper, Pyrite
Gangue:	Hematite, Limonite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated type:	Trachyandesite
Structure:	Contact Between Rhyolite Porphyry And Area Of Sharply Upfaulted Diorite Parallels Fissure, 20 Ft Distant To South, Sheeting Common To Both Rhyolite And Diorite Dips 45e
Tectonic:	Alum Gulch Fault Block
Alteration processes:	Rhyolite In Fissure Zone Is Crushed, Altered, And Softened

References

MRDS	M899930
DEP	10048343
Reference	{Deposit:: USBM FILES, HAMPSON PROSPECT}{Deposit:: ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITYH}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA RITA AND PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; USGS BULLETIN 582, P. 258}{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK S., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000)}{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANKS., 1972, MESOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS AND ADJOINING AREAS, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 658-E}{Deposit:: MOORES, RICHARD C. 1972, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF A PORTION OF THE HARSHAW DISTRICT, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA}
Reporter	Calder, Susan R.