The Copperosity Mine is a copper mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,041 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: 2,041 Feet (622 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 32.55861, -112.12861
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Copperosity Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copperosity Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1890
Year Last Production: 1917
Discovery Year: 1885
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ne And Nw Trending Faults, Limestone Beds Dipping 30-50nw, Quartz Monzonite Dikes
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
Comment (Location): UTM LOCATION MEASURED TO CENTRAL SHAFT INDICATED ON MAP; LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST FLANK OF THE VEKOL MOUNTAINS.
Comment (Development): PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE E.J. BONSALL (1890-1906), COPPEROSITY MINING CO. (1907, 1916-17), J.P. WAGNON, HOUSTON-ARIZONA COPPER CO. (1922), CHAMBERLAIN CO. (1980'S), CLAIMS INCLUDE COPPEROSITY, COPPEROSITY NO 1 THROUGH 5, COPPEROSITY EXTENSION, COPPEROSITY ANNEX AND COPPEROSITY EXTENSION NO 5 AND 6 (MS. 3556)
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT IN LIMESTONE ALONG FAULT ZONES
Comment (Workings): TWO COMPARTMENT SHAFT (NO.1) (385 FT DEEP) WITH LEVELS AT 200 AND 300 FT, NO.2 SHAFT, B SHAFT AND VARIOUS SMALL PROSPECTING SHAFTS
Comment (Geology): CRET TO TERT GRANITE 1/2 MILE WEST OF MINE IN KOHATK VALLEY, GRANITIC DIKES REPORTED IN ADMR FILE
References
Reference (Production): ELSING & HEINEMAN, 1936
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): BLM DISTRICT SHEET 543
Reference (Deposit): TENNEY, JAMES, HISTORY OF MINING IN AZ 1927-29, P 337
Reference (Deposit): TENNEY, J.B., ECONOMIC GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE OF CASA GRANDE MINING DISTRICT, AZ BUREAU OF MINES 1934 P 13-14
Reference (Deposit): EISING & HEINEMAN, 1936, ABM BULL 140, P. 99
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