Emerald Isle Mine

The Emerald Isle Mine is a copper mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,681 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Emerald Isle Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Emerald Isle District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Arimetco International, Inc.
Years: 1994 -

Production

Year: 1945
Time Period: 1943 - 1945
Material type: CU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^3.5 - 6.5 % Cu

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratabound
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR LENSES AND PODS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Prec Schistosity N30e, Lcret Veins, Fissures, Dikes Nw To Nnw Regionally

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Tenorite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THIS DEPOSIT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS BOTH A PRIMARY VEIN - TYPE DEPOSIT, OR A SECONDARY WEATHERING SOLUTION DEPOSITED IN QUATERNARY ALLUVIUM.

Comment (Workings): MINE ORIGINALLY WORKED BY 2 SHAFTS AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH HAS BEEN CONSUMED BY THE OPEN PIT FROM WHICH MOST OF THE ORE WAS MINED. LATER HEAP LEACH OPERATION.

Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION, LCRET.

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D002976 OF J.W. HASLER. MINE ON CARE AND MAINTENANCE IN 1994. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Development): PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE EL PASO NATURAL GAS, C.G. PATTERSON, C.F. WEEKS AND M.B. LAWSON, LEWIS-MATHIS CO, EMERALD ISLE COPPER CO, E.E. CAMPBELL, H.J. OLSON, WARREN OVERHOLZE.

References

Reference (Deposit): DINGS, M.G., 1951, THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, CERBAT MOUNTAINS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E.

Reference (Deposit): THOMAS, B.E., 1949, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WALLAPAI DISTRICT, ARIZONA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 44, NUMBER 8, P. 701.

Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, 1994, DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE MINES IN ARIZONA, INCORPORATING SAND & GRAVEL OPERATIONS -- 1994: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 42, 24 P.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): ENG. MIN. JOURN., 1967 , NO. 6 U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E

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