The Copper Mountain Mine is a copper mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,360 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: 3,360 Feet (1,024 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 36.16889, -113.33472
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Copper Mountain Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Mountain Mine
Secondary: Copper King
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Copper Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1913
Material type: ORE AVG
Description: Ap_Grade: ^25 % Cu, $ 3.50 Ag/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1913
Year Last Production: 1974
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, STRINGERS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Supai In Unconformable Contact With Redwall Limestone
Type: L
Description: Collapse Structure, 700 Ft Diameter, In Supai Formation
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Supai Is Bleached, Redwall Limestone Below Is Cherty
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: U.S.A.E.C. SAMPLING: 14.1 %, 0.75 %, 0.54 %, 0.13 %, %EU3O8
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Pitchblende
Ore: Cuprite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D003604 OF J.W. HASLER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): NORTH RIM OF GRAND CANYON. MAY EXTEND INTO SECTIONS 2 AND (OR) 3. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.
Comment (Commodity): RADIOMETRIC SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND SAMPLING, 1953 .
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED J. WULFENSTEIN, CALVIN BARRINGTON, ARIZONA COPPER MOUNTAIN MINING COMPANY, FRANK COX (1937), ARIZONA AMERICAN COPPER, R.T. MCMASTERS (1917), STRIP COPPER INCORPORATED, COPPER KING MINING COMPANY.
Comment (Deposit): SOLUTION BRECCIA PIPE.
Comment (Production): 1913 PRODUCTION WAS ONE CARLOAD EVERY TWO MONTHS.
References
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1914, THE GRAND GULCH MINING REGION, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 580 - D, P. 56.
Reference (Deposit): PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA, 1952 - 1956: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION RME - 158 , 1970, P. 79.
Reference (Deposit): ELSING, M.J., AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140, P. 96.
Reference (Deposit): SCARBOROUGH, 1981, RADIOACTIVE OCCURRENCES AND PRODUCTION IN ARIZONA, ABGMT OPEN-FILE REPORT, MARCH, 1981.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MR46.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MIP-MR21.
Reference (Deposit): MEEHAN, R.J., 1953.
Reference (Other Database): DMEA
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): U.S.G.S. 580 - D, P. 56 ; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 140
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