The Little Dick Claim is a copper mine located in Coconino county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,201 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: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 36.6325, -111.44528
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Little Dick Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Dick Claim
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Coconino
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1955
Time Period: - 1955
Material type: ORE CU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.74 % Cu
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: 10 Miles East Of Echo Cliffs Monocline.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 18 CHANNEL SAMPLES PRODUCED 0.002 OZ. AU, 25 CHANNEL SAMPLES PRODUCED 0.99 OZ. AG AND 1.12 % CU.
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Bornite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): INDICATED CU ORE TOTALS OF 2,260,000 TONS SHOWS 615,000 TONS OF REASONABLY ASSURED ORE AND 1,645,000 TONS OF ORE IN PROBABLE EXTENSIONS. INFERRED CU ORE TOTALS (ORE IN CONCEALED ORE BODIES) SHOWS 14,000,000 TONS. TOTAL ESTIMATED ORE RESERVES EQUALS INDICATED ORES PLUS INFERRED ORES, WHICH EQUALS 16,260,000 TONS. THIS TOTAL IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE WHOLE WHITE MESA MINING DISTRICT.
Comment (Commodity): MAJOR AND MINOR MINERALS ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE WHOLE WHITE MESA DISTRICT.
Comment (Production): ITEM 8 : TOTAL TONNAGE PRODUCED UP TO 1955 .
Comment (Deposit): AREA OF MINERALIZED BODY = 156,600 SQ. FT.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A MAIN OPEN CUT WITH THREE TRENCH APPROACHES, AND THREE SHORT ADITS. A SECOND CUT, OR SHAFT, AND A THIRD CUT THAT CONTINUES AS AN ADIT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT.
Comment (Deposit): THE INFORMATION FOUND UNDER RESERVES AND POTENTIAL RESOURCES, DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSIT (EXCLUDING HOST ROCK TYPE), AND MAIN AND MINOR ORE MINERALS ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE WHOLE WHITE MESA MINING DISTRICT. LITTLE DICK CLAIM BEING JUST ONE OF THE CLAIMS THAT COMPRISE THIS DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): READ, C. B., 1943 , COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE WHITE MESA MINING DISTRICT, COLONINO CO., ARIZONA; USGS OPEN FILE REPORT.
Reference (Production): MAYO, 1955
Reference (Deposit): MAYO, E. B., 1955 , METALCIFEROUS MINERAL AND MINERAL FUELS; MINERAL RESOURCES, NAVAJO - HOPI INDIAN RESERVATIONS, ARIZONA - UTAH, VOLUME I, P. 19 - 32 .
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