The Copper Chief Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,001 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: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.705, -112.09389
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Copper Chief Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Chief Mine
Secondary: Iron King-Equator
Secondary: Copper Chief-Iron King-Equator
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Verde District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Copper Chief Mining Co.
Owner Name: Hayden Leasing Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1901
Year Last Production: 1948
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: ELONGATED LENS
Form: ELONGATED LENS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Foliation In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N10w To N40w
Type: L
Description: Massive Sulfide Lenses Elongate Parallel To Bedding In Metavolcanic Rocks
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization, Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 1820.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 1820.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 1820.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 1820.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Name: Meta-Basalt
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1820.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Sericite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PROTEROZOIC GRANODIORITE PORPHYRY DIKES CUT THE MASSIVE SULFIDE OREBODY. OXIDIZED ORE WAS RICH IN AU AND AG. PROTORE MASSIVE SULFIDE WAS LOW GRADE
Comment (Workings): COPPER CHIEF ADIT IS 350 FT DEEP; ADITS ON COPPER CHIEF AND EQUATOR PORTIONS OF PROPERTY ARE 1125 AND 680 FT LONG. RESPECTIVELY
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS MASSIVE SULFIDE LENS IN METARHYOLITE OR NEAR CONTACT OF METARHYOLITE AND METABASALT OR CONTACT OF METARHYOLITE AND METASEDIMEMTARY UNITS
Comment (Deposit): ONE OF FEW MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS WITH APPRECIABLE LEAD MINERALIZATION AT JEROME ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): COPPER CHIEF PROPERTY IS WEST HALF OF OREBODY; IRON KING-EQUATOR IS EAST HALF
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 782, P.91 TO 92
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 308 P. 149-151
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 145 P. 55-56
Reference (Deposit): ROGERS, THORNWELL, 1979, UNPUBLISHED M.S. THESIS-COPPER CHIEF MINE. NORTH. AZ. UNIV.
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
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