The Copper Hill Prospect is a copper mine located in Pinal 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: 32.94861, -110.86306
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Copper Hill Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Hill Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Cottonwood District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Quartz-Sericite-Pyrite In Granodiorite, Chlorite-Epidote-Montmoril Lonite In Granite, Weak Potassic Alteration In Granodiorite
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MOLY ANOMALY
Analytical Data: TRACE OF MOLYBDENITE IN DRILL CORE
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Workings): DRILL HOLES, CONOCO, 1971
Comment (Geology): THE QUARTZ-SERICITE ALTERATION HAS 5-25 PPM MO ANOMALY. THE INTRUS ION HAS A 100 PPM CU ANOMALY. PB, ZN, & MN ANOMALIES OCCUR NW OF CU & MO ANOMALIES. NOU PRODUCING PROSPECT IN AREA OF PROVEN COPPER POTENTI AL
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030480 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): EVENSEN, 1961, MS THESIS, UNIV OF AZ, 45 P.
Reference (Deposit): KRIEGER, 1974, USGS MAP GQ-1106
Reference (Deposit): SCHMIDT, 1971, PH.D. THESIS, UNIV OF AZ, 248 P.
Reference (Deposit): SCHWARTZ, 1954, MS THESIS, UNIV OF AZ, 82 P.
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