The Copper Glance Mine is a copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,451 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: 3,451 Feet (1,052 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 31.89639, -111.05389
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Copper Glance Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Glance Mine
Secondary: Glance
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Pima District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1957
Time Period: 1905 - 1957
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^7 % Cu, 1 Oz Ag/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Year Last Production: 1957
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Slight Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Location): N CENTRAL SECTION 6 .
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED GLANCE MINING CO, AMURAN MINING CO, BANNER MINING CO
Comment (Deposit): SLIGHTLY OXIDIZED.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT WORKINGS.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, R.L., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TWIN BUTTES DISTRICT: UNIV. ARIZ. MS THESIS.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189, P. 133.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): ABM BULLETIN 189, P. 133.
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