The Standard Copper Mine is a copper mine located in Greenlee county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,902 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: 4,902 Feet (1,494 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 33.10333, -109.35389
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Standard Copper Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Standard Copper Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Greenlee
District: Copper Mountain 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: Phelps Dodge Corp., Morenci Branch
Years: 1952 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1902
Year Last Production: 1911
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Structure
Type: R
Description: Closely Massed Joint Systems Trending Ne; Fissure System Trending Ne
Type: L
Description: Part Of First Great Fault Block South Of The Coronado Massif
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation To Unknown Depth; Chloritization Of Biotite; Extensive Hydrothermal Alterration
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 55.200000+-1.700000
Age Young: Tertiary
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 55.500000+-0.500000
Age Young: Tertiary
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Brochantite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Kaolin
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): IRREGULAR ORE BODIES EXTEND INTO PORPHYRY FROM FISSURE VEIN; 5 PATENTED CLAIMS TOTALLING 99 ACRES; NO WELL-DEFINED VEIN IS VISIBLE ON THE SURFACE
Comment (Workings): 2 TUNNELS; WINZE SUNK FROM LOWER TUNNEL; OVER 1.0 MILE OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS
Comment (Geology): CONTACT OF GRANITE PORPHYRY AND GRANITE COUNTRY ROCK LIES 0.25 MILES TO THE SE; ORE BODY IS ENTIRELY CONTAINED IN PORPHYRY ROCK
Comment (Location): ON SE SIDE OF STANDARD GULCH WHICH RUNS NORTH OF MARKEEN MOUNTAIN AND INTO CHASE CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED STANDARD CONSOLIDATED COPPER COMPANY, STANDARD COPPER MINES, DETROIT COPPER MINING CO OF ARIZONA
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 43 (1905)
Reference (Deposit): AGBMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S. AND ELDRED D. WILSON, 1938, SOME ARIZONA ORE DEPOSITS, CLIFTON-MORENCI DISTRICT, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 145
Reference (Deposit): BLM DISTRICT MAP 839
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