The Copper Giant Prospects is a copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,801 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
Elevation: 1,801 Feet (549 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 32.29889, -112.87083
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Copper Giant Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Giant Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Iron
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Ajo 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: Surface
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: BEDDED TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Felsic Volcanic Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Specularite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): SURFACE SHOWING MAY GRADE WITH DEPTH TO CHALCOCITE
Comment (Deposit): SCATTERED OUTCROPS OF COPPER MINERALIZATION
Comment (Location): UTM LOCATION IS IN SECTION 15 , THE AREA DISCUSSED IN LITERATURE. CU OCCURS OVER LARGE AREA THROUGHOUT SECS. 10 , 11 , 15 .
Comment (Deposit): 26 CLAIMS. IDLE AFTER 1942 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): ROMSLO, T. M., 1952 , COPPER GIANT DEPOSITS, PIMA CO., ARIZ.: USBM RI 4850
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