The Copper Dome Mine is a copper mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona.
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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
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Copper Dome Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Dome Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Agua Fria District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Western Metals Co.
Years: 1969 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1968
Year Last Production: 1969
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR POCAHONTAS MINE; MAY POSSIBLY BE PART OF POCAHONTAS OR LOCATED 0.25 MILES TO NORTH UTM COORDINATES FOR CENTER OF WESTERN HALF OF SECTION 30
Comment (Geology): GEOLOGY MAY BE SIMILAR TO POCAHONTAS MINE
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
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