Mine detail: Hampson Prospect

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Location:	Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long:	31.48986, -110.73901
dep_id:	10048343
mrds_id:	M899930
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper
Minor mineral:	Iron
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Copper, Pyrite
gangue:	Hematite, Limonite
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR
alteration:	Rhyolite In Fissure Zone Is Crushed, Altered, And Softened
conc_proc:	Secondary Enrichment In Irregular Concentrations Along Shear Zone
ore_ctrl:	Fault Fissure Zone; Contained In Crushed Ryolite And Small Quartzitic Stringers
Reporter:	Calder, Susan R.
hrock_type:	Rhyolite
arock_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
References:	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