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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

copper, rocks and deposits, environmental assessment, mineral deposits, drilling and coring, molybdenum, geochemistry, mineralogy, chemical analysis, soil chemistry

ISO 19115 Topic Category

geoscientificInformation

Other Subject Keywords

mesquite, MRP, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Mo, USGS, Mineral Resources Program, juniper, ash, porphyry, oak, GGGSC, Cu

Place Keywords

Red Mountain, Arizona, Santa Cruz

Data to accompany U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2019-5077: Geochemical and mineralogical study of the Red Mountain porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit and vicinity, Santa Cruz County, Arizona

The dataset comprises analyses of core and surface samples collected in and around the Red Mountain porphyry Cu-Mo deposit, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. The dataset includes: analyses for 13 minerals in 245 core samples (Appendix 1); analyses for 44 elements in 818 core samples (Appendix 2); analyses for 54 elements in 122 rock samples (Appendix 3); analyses for 55 elements in 119 soil samples (Appendix 4); and analyses for percent ash and 66 elements in 57 mesquite ash (Appendix 5), 68 oak ash (Appendix 6), and 68 juniper ash (Appendix 7) samples, respectively. The samples were collected and analyzed between 1980 and 2000.

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Author(s) John D Horton orcid, Carma A San orcid, Maurice A Chaffee orcid
Publication Date 2020-03-13
Beginning Date of Data 1980
Ending Date of Data 2000
Data Contact
Maurice Chaffee
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P9BS56JZ
Citation Horton, J.D., San, C.A., and Chaffee, M.A., 2020, Data to accompany U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2019-5077: Geochemical and mineralogical study of the Red Mountain porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit and vicinity, Santa Cruz County, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9BS56JZ.
Metadata Contact
John D. Horton
Metadata Date 2020-08-20
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