Copper Glance Mine

The Copper Glance Mine is a copper mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,759 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Copper Glance Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  La Paz

Elevation: 1,759 Feet (536 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 34.05306, -113.76889

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Copper Glance Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Copper Glance Mine
Secondary: Corona Copper Co.
Secondary: Mammoth Group


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite


Location

State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Midway 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

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: STRINGERS


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Barite
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Production): ONE CARLOAD OF ORE HAS BEEN SHIPPED, WHICH IS REPORTED TO HAVE CARRIED 22 PER CENT COPPER AND FROM $4 TO $5 IN GOLD TO THE TON.

Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT

Comment (Deposit): NOT THE SAME AS MAMMOTH OR CHICAGO PROSPECTS.


References

Reference (Deposit): BANCROFT, H., 1911, ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 451, P. 121.

Reference (Production): U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 451, P. 120

Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 163.


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