The Willaha Group is a copper mine located in Coconino county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,699 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: 5,699 Feet (1,737 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 35.765, -112.25000
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Willaha Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Willaha Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Arizona
County: Coconino
District: Francis District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Grand Canyon Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES AND VUGS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: RADIOACTIVE READING OF 0.34 MR/HR.
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Covellite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): A FEW SMALL VEINS AND VUGS STAINED WITH IRON OXIDE OR COATED WITH HEMITITE CONTAIN URANIUM.
Comment (Production): OLD COPPER WORKINGS DURING EARLY 1900'S. REFERANCE INDICATES LIMITED PRODUCTION OF COPPER ORE UP TO 1954 .
Comment (Workings): CONTAINS SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS AND TRENCHES WITH A MAXIMUM DEPTH OF 15 FT.
Comment (Geology): RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL OCCURS IN 2 FT. ZONE IN, AND IMMEDIATELY UNDERLYING 6 INCHES OF MALACHITE MINERALIZATION IN KAIBAB LIMESTONE
Comment (Deposit): WILLAHA GROUP CONTAINS FIVE PROSPECT PITS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): RAMBOSEK AND WEATHERS, 1953 , PRELIMINARY RECONNAISANCE REPORT A - P - 41 ; USAEC RME 155 .
Reference (Deposit): PUTTOCK, HARRY E., 1954 , EXAMINATION OF COPPER - URANIUM OCCURRENCES IN THE WILLAHA AREA, COCONINO CO., ARIZONA; USAEL RME - 2018 .
Reference (Deposit): PIERCE, WESLEY H., 1970 , COAL, OIL, NATURAL GAS, HELIUM AND URANIUM IN ARIZONA; ABM BULL. 182 , P. 250 .
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