The Antietam Mine is a copper mine located in Greenlee county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,259 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: 5,259 Feet (1,603 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 33.13306, -109.34694
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Antietam Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Antietam Mine
Secondary: Boulder Claim
Secondary: Shannon Property
Secondary: Antietam Claim
Secondary: Leo C Claim
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Greenlee
District: Copper Mountain 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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Phelps Dodge Corp., Morenci Branch
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1902
Year Last Production: 1903
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ne Trending Narrow Porphyry Dikes In Vicinity; Veins In Region Consist Of Many Very Sharply Defined Fissure Planes Striking Nne
Type: L
Description: Adjacent To Morenci Quartz Monzonite Porphyry Intrusion; Porphyry Is Fragmented By Masses Of Quartzite, Limestone, And Shale
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Extensive Surface Oxidation To Unknown Depths
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 4 % CU, $8 AU/TON, 5 OZ. AG/TON
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Copper
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED IN KING GULCH; 1.0 MILE NE OF SHANNON MOUNTAIN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED P.F. CROWLEY; 2 PATENTED CLAIMS ARE ANTIETAM AND LEO C.; OWNERS INCLUDED THE DETROIT COPPER MININC CO OF ARIZONA; NEW ENGLAND AND CLIFTON COPPER MINES CO.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED A 2-COMPARTMENT SHAFT TO DEPTH OF 140 FT; TRAMLINE FROM MINE TO THE SHANNON RAILWAY.
Comment (Geology): ORES CONSIST CHIEFLY OF CHALCOPYRITE AND PYRITE IN ALTERED GRANITE; VEIN CONTINUES NORTHWARD ONTO THE BOULDER CLAIM (PROPERTY FORMERLY OF ARIZONA COPPER CO. LTD) AND SOUTHWARD ONTO THE OLD SHANNON COPPER CO PROPERTY.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., 1905, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE CLIFTON-MORENCI DISTRICT, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER 43, P. 354.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): WEED, 1914, THE COPPER HANDBOOK, V. 11, P. 318, DETROIT COPPER MINING CO OF ARIZ.
Reference (Deposit): STEVENS, 1911, THE COPPER HANDBOOK, V. 10, P. 1285, NEW ENGLAND AND CLIFTON COPPER CO.
Reference (Deposit): BENNETT, 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 153 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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