The Old Baldy Copper Mine is a copper mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,375 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: 6,375 Feet (1,943 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 31.71611, -110.75972
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Old Baldy Copper Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Old Baldy Copper Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Old Baldy 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: Coronado National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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
Form: TABULAR, IRREGULAR, BANDS AND BUNCHES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ne-Trending Box Canyon Dike Swarm
Type: L
Description: Granodiorite And Porphyry Are Sheeted Parallel To Vein
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Workings): DRIFT
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030557 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Development): OWNERS INCLUDED LOUIS LITTLESHOT AND CO (1915)
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582.
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER AND HILL, 1910, USGS BULL 430.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): HILL, 1912, USGS BULL 507.
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, OLD BALDY PROSPECT.
Reference (Deposit): DREWES, 1971, USGS MAP I-614 (1:48000).
Reference (Deposit): DREWES, 1972, USGS PP 748, P. 14-15.
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