The Cobralla Prospect is a copper mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,149 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: 2,149 Feet (655 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 33.88722, -113.72250
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Cobralla Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cobralla Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Wollastonite
Location
State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Harcuvar District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: In The Immediate Vicinity Of The Prospect Holes The Directions Of Dip And Strike Vary Continuously And Local Folding And Faulting Are Pronounced. In The Shaft A Zone Of Intense Movement Is Shown, And The Resulting Brecciated Schist Fragments Form The Main Part Of The Fracture Filling
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Wollastonite
Comments
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD
Comment (Workings): THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN PROSPECTED BY A SHALLOW SHAFT AND SEVERAL SMALL SURFACE CUTS
Comment (Deposit): WOLLASTONITE REPLACES LIMESTONE IN A CONTACT METAMORPHIC OCCURRENCE.
References
Reference (Deposit): BANCROFT, HOWLAND; 1911; ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 451, P. 103
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 4, 185 P.
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