The Arizona Portland Mine is a copper, molybdenum, silver, and gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona.
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
Elevation:
Commodity: Copper, Molybdenum, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 34.49083, -112.59444
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Arizona Portland Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Arizona Portland Mine
Secondary: Part of Copper Basin Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Copper Basin District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Prescott National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Unknown
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
Name: PORPHYRY DIKE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 6% CU AT 41 FT DEPTH.
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1964
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030505 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): ABM FILE DATA (CLIPPING FILES FROM 1916).
Reference (Deposit): A AND C MICROFILM.
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