The Copper Plate Mine is a silica, copper, and silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,600 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
Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Silica, Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.76778, -110.46278
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Copper Plate Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Plate Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silica
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Mine Canyon District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Coronado National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: International Mines, Mrs. Henrietta E. Miller
Production
Year: 1958
Time Period: 1957 - 1958
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1.2 % Cu, 0.6 Oz. Ag/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1957
Year Last Production: 1958
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SPOTTY
Structure
Type: L
Description: Strong Faulting In The Area.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyodacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Rhyodacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): CENTRAL SECTION 24.
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED INTERNATIONAL MINES
Comment (Deposit): MOSTLY OXIDIZED.
Comment (Production): SMELTER FLUX
Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT
References
Reference (Production): ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 145
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN, 189, P. 145.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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