Chicago Prospect

The Chicago Prospect is a copper mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,900 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: Chicago Prospect  

State:  Arizona

County:  La Paz

Elevation: 1,900 Feet (579 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 34.05306, -113.78389

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Chicago Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Chicago Prospect
Secondary: Corona Copper Co.


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
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

Owner Name: Corona Copper Co.


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: VUGS, IRREGULAR MASSES


Structure

Type: L
Description: In Places Slicken Sided Surfaces Of Gangue Material Were Noted, Showing Post-Mineral Movement As Well As That Which Occurred Before


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

Analytical Data: ORE AVERAGING ABOUT 16% CU, 0.802 AU/TON, AND 1.3 OZ AG/TON IN 1907.


Materials

Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Gold
Ore: Barite
Ore: Iron
Ore: Silver


Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATION IN ABGMT BULL 192 IS TOO FAR EAST.

Comment (Deposit): SPOTTY, OXIDIZED, COPPER MINERALIZATION WITH STRONG HEMATITE AND QUARTZ AND LOCAL BARITE, MINOR FLUORITE, AND TRACES OF SULPHIDES IN IRREGULAR FAULT-VEINS AND/OR REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS.

Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH LOW-ANGLE DETACHMENT FAULTING; OREBODIES ARE WITHIN AND IMMEDIATELY ABOVE THE MICROBRECCIATED DETACHMENT SURFACE; IRREGULAR HYDROTHERMAL REPLACEMENT.

Comment (Deposit): NOT THE SAME AS COPPER GLANCE MINE OR MAMMOTH PROSPECT.

Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD


References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 451, P. 121.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT BULL 192, P. 163.

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


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