The Capilano Mine is a copper and gold mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 600 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: 600 Feet (183 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 34.18361, -114.20111
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Capilano Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Capilano Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Cienega 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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nw-Trending Basin And Range Faults.
Type: L
Description: Gash Veins And Joint Planes Adjoining The Normal Faults.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidized Copper Mineralization
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Specularite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN IS IN SILICIFIED BRECCIATED WALL ROCK ALONG A NORMAL FAULT ZONE.
Comment (Workings): PROPERTY HAS BEEN EXPLORED BY A SHALLOW SHAFT AND SEVERAL SURFACE CUTS
Comment (Geology): OREBODIES WITHIN AND ABOVE THE FLINTY, CHLORITE, MICROBRECCIATED DETACHMENT SURFACE.
Comment (Location): SW OF THE BILLY MACK MINE
Comment (Development): PAST OPERATORS INCLUDE: BOTZUM AND ASSOC., CAPILANO HOLDINGS INC., AND WILLIAMS.
Comment (Production): WORKED SPORADICALLY FROM EARLY 1900'S BUT WITH ONLY LIMITED PRODUCTION OF RICH GOLD AND SILVER ORE AND MINOR COPPER.
References
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 137, P. 127
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT BULL 192, P. 123
Reference (Deposit): WILKINS, J. AND HEIDRICK, T.L., 1982, BASE AND PRECIOUS METAL MINERALIZATION RELATED TO LOW-ANGLE TECTONIC FEATURES IN THE WHIPPLE MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA AND BUCKSKIN MOUNTAINS,ARIZONA. IN: MESOZOIC-CENOZOIC TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE COLORADO RIVER REGION, CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, AND NEVADA; CORDILLERAN PUBLISHERS; P. 182.
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