The Copper Ox Mine is a copper and manganese mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,200 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: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Manganese
Lat, Long: 31.78694, -109.86139
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Copper Ox Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Ox Mine
Secondary: Copperrox
Secondary: Barrett Group
Secondary: Arizona Copper Syndicate of Providence
Secondary: Copperrox Mng. Co.
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Turquoise 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Arizona Copper Syndicate Of Providence, Copperrox Mng. Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1915
Year Last Production: 1919
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: IRREGULAR BUNCHES AND LENSES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Limestone Thrusted Over Rhyolite, Fault Dips 40w, Limestone Dips 45e
Type: L
Description: One Fault N-S, Dip 65e, Other Faults E-W, With Steep Dips
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation In Upper 100 Ft
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Commodity): MANGANESE SMELTER FLUX PRODUCED.
Comment (Location): NW 1/4 SEC. 13. UTM EST.
Comment (Production): A FEW TONS OF MANGANESE SMELTER FLUX PRODUCED.
Comment (Development): 1919 IS LAST YEAR OF COPPER AND SILVER PRODUCTION
Comment (Deposit): ORE ALONG FAULTS AND FRACTURES IN SLIVERS OF LIMESTONE ALONG AND NEAR GRANITIC INTRUSIVE.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT AND TUNNEL WORKINGS.
References
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 81.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, 1927, ABM BULL 123
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