The Copper Chief Mine is a copper mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,049 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: 5,049 Feet (1,539 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 32.10722, -110.07000
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Copper Chief Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Chief Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Cochise District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Coronado Copper And Zinc Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
Year Last Production: 1921
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: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR IN BEDS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Tertiary Block Faulting Trending Nnw ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N To Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne.
Type: L
Description: Fault System Of Northeasters
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Garnetization, Lime Silicates, Oxidation Of Ore
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 53.000000+-
Age Young: Tertiary
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE WAS THICKEST AND EXTENDED DEEPEST NEAR SMALL NORTHEASTER FAULTS. ANOTHER MAJOR ORE BODY IN THE MINE WAS A LENS ROUGHLY 6 X 60 X 140 FEET. THE TWO MAJOR AXES WERE IN THE PLANE OF THE BEDS AND THE LONGEST AXIS WAS PARALLEL TO THE DIP
Comment (Location): N CENTRAL SEC. 26. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Production): RECORDS INDICATE TOTAL ORE PRODUCTION OF 24,100 TONS AVERAGING 4.2 PERCENT COPPER AND 0.5 OZ. SILVER PER TON. PRODUCTION CEASED 1923
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED MONONG AND DEVELOPMENT CORP OF DRAGOON MTN
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: NORTHEASTER FAULTS REGARDED AS MINERALIZING FISSURES, BUT VALUABLE DEPOSITS FORMED NEAR COPPER CHIEF FAULT WHICH MAY HAVE ACTED AS A DAM FOR RISING SOLUTIONS.
Comment (Commodity): MOST VALUABLE DEPOSITS FORMED NEAR THE COPPER CHIEF FAULT
References
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, J.R. AND SILVER L.T., 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 416
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, J.R. 1950, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, GEOL. SER. 18, BULL. 156
Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375
Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COOPER AND SILVER, PROF. PAPER 41
Reference (Production): COOPER AND SILVER, 1964
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