Copper No. 1 Claim

The Copper No. 1 Claim is a copper mine located in Coconino county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,699 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 No. 1 Claim

State:  Arizona

County:  Coconino

Elevation: 5,699 Feet (1,737 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 35.765, -112.25000

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Copper No. 1 Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Copper No. 1 Claim


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

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: RADIOMETRIC READINGS OF 0.20 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. REFERENCE INDICATES LIMITED PRODUCTION OF COPPER ORE UP TO 1954.

Comment (Workings): OVERALL AREA: PROSPECT PIT WAS DUG TO A DEPTH OF 5 FT. TWO SHALLOW BULLDOZED TRENCHES ARE ALSO LOCATED AT THIS CLAIM.

Comment (Geology): RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL OCCURS THROUGH 2 FT. ZONE IN, AND IMMEDIATELY UNDERLYING 6 INCHES OF MALACHITE.


References

Reference (Deposit): RAMBOSEK AND WEATHERS, 1953, PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE REPORT A - P - 4: USAEC RME 155, P. 69.

Reference (Deposit): PUTTUCK, H.E., 1954, EXAMINATION OF COPPER - URANIUM OCCURRENCES IN THE WILLAHA AREA, COCONINO CO., ARIZONA: USAEC RME - 2018.

Reference (Deposit): PIERCE, W.H., 1970, COAL, OIL, NATURAL GAS, HELIUM AND URANIUM IN ARIZONA: ABM BULL. 182, P. 250.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI


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