The Cuprite Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,154 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: 4,154 Feet (1,266 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.92806, -110.70889
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Cuprite Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cuprite Mine
Secondary: Copper Collar
Secondary: Marble Tap
Secondary: Side Issue
Secondary: Copper Top
Secondary: Copper Vision
Secondary: Copper Chief
Secondary: Solo
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Helvetia-Rosemont District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Louis Ezekiel And F.W. Fish
Years: 1915 -
Production
Year: 1915
Time Period: 1889-1915
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^6% Cu, 0.6 Oz/T Ag
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1899
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
Structure
Type: L
Description: N45 E-45se And N35 W-35sw Tear Faults. Thrust Faulted And Frac Tured Block Adjacent Intrusive
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silication, Pyritization
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE AVERAGED 6% CU, ALSO 4 OZ/T AG, TRACES AU
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Wollastonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Workings): 4 SHAFTS UP TO 120 FT DEEP. WATER IN MINE
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050490 WITH RE CORD M000930 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582, P. 134-136
Reference (Deposit): CREASEY, S.C., 1973, FIELD EXAM
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 125
Reference (Deposit): FINNELL, 1971, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT
Reference (Production): SCHRADER, 1915
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