The Ridenour Mine is a copper mine located in Coconino county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,521 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: 4,521 Feet (1,378 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 36.09972, -113.17306
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Ridenour Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ridenour Mine
Secondary: Grand Canyon Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Coconino
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1918
Time Period: 1916 - 1918
Material type: ORE CU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^15 % Cu
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1913
Year Last Production: 1966
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TRUNCATED CONE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sandstone Bleached, Mudstone Altered To Green-Gray Color
Rocks
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Carnotite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Geology): U AND V IN THIN CRUSTS AROUND CU ORE BODIES
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED COCONINO COPPER CO, W.R.RIDENHOUR, ASHCROFT MINING, AND W.R. KAYSER.
References
Reference (Deposit): MILLER, R. O.; 1954 ; CU - U AT THE RIDENOUR MINE; USAEC RME - 2014 .
Reference (Deposit): MILLER, R. D.; 1954 ; RECON. FOR URANIUM IN HUALAPAI RESERVATION; USAEC RME - 2007 .
Reference (Production): REF. #1
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