Mudersbach Copper Camp

The Mudersbach Copper Camp is a silver, gold, and copper mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,401 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

Name: Mudersbach Copper Camp

State:  Arizona

County:  La Paz

Elevation: 1,401 Feet (427 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Gold, Copper

Lat, Long: 33.80528, -114.05917

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Mudersbach Copper Camp MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Mudersbach Copper Camp
Secondary: Excelsior Minee


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Iron


Location

State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Central Plomosa District


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Year: 1930
Time Period: 1900-1930
Description: Cp_Grade: ^4.4 % Cu, 0.67 Oz Ag/Ton, 0.03 Oz Au/Ton


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR, POCKETY


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Bornite
Ore: Specularite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Development): WORKED INTERMITTENTLY FROM EARLY 1900'S TRHOUGH 1930 ;PAST OPERATORS INCLUDE:EXCELSIOR GOLD AND COPPER CO.,RECORD MINES CO.,AND WILLIAMS.

Comment (Deposit): OXIDIZED NEAR THE SURFACE

Comment (Production): ONE CARLOAD OF ORE HAS BEEN SHIPPED, WHICH THE OWNER REPORTS AVERAGED 10.4 % COPPER AND $1.00 IN GOLD PER TON

Comment (Workings): THE DEVELOPMENT WORK DONE ON THE PROSPECT IS SMALL, CONSISTING OF A FEW SURFACE CUTS WITH TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS.

Comment (Location): W CENTRAL SECTION 5.


References

Reference (Deposit): BANCROFT, HOWLAND; 1911; ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: A.B.M. BULLETIN 451, P. 91

Reference (Production): A.B.M. BULLETIN 451, P. 91. (8) KEITH, S.B., 1978, P. 168

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 168


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