Copper Hill Prospect

The Copper Hill Prospect is a copper mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,360 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

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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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