The Kaibab Group is a copper mine located in Coconino county, Arizona at an elevation of 7,799 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: 7,799 Feet (2,377 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 36.71889, -112.22944
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Kaibab Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kaibab Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Coconino
District: Warm Springs District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: U.S. Metals Corp., Mineral Rights Only
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1942
Year Last Production: 1950
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Grand Canyon Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE 6 COPPER (1948)
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcocite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VERY CLOSE PROKIMITY TO RYAN, PETOSKEY, AND MACKIN MINES. ALL OF THESE MINES ARE VERY SIMILAR, STRATABOUND COPPER DEPOSITS, WITH ORE ALONG VERTICAL FISSURES. FISSURES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH BROAD FOLDS, AND ARE CONTEMPORANEOUS WITH REGIONAL BRECCIA PIPE FORMATION (JUR-MIDDLE CRET). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): NE OF JACOB LAKE TOWNSITE. UTM IS CENTER OR SOUTH HALF, SECTION 6 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED APRX MINING COMPANY, ATHERLY AND RYAN, WOODWARD AND SPRNCEE ATHERLY BROTHERS, 1948 U.S. METALS CORPORATION WAS OWNER THROUGHOUT HISTORY, APEX CO IS A SUBSIDIARY OF U.S. METALS
Comment (Deposit): MINED A 20 FT WIDE ZONE 700 FT LONG IN 1948
Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT PRODUCTION, UNDER ABOUT SEVER FEET OF OVERBURDEN.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM DATA, CLUSTER #1558
Reference (Deposit): ADMR
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
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