The Molinar Alaska Mine is a copper mine located in Greenlee county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,200 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: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 33.135, -109.36472
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Molinar Alaska Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Molinar Alaska Mine
Secondary: Molinar Mine
Secondary: Alaska Mine
Secondary: Stella Mine
Secondary: Stevens Mine
Secondary: Stevens Molinar Mine Stevens Lease
Secondary: Alaska Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Phelps Dodge Corp., Morenci Branch )
Years: 1921 -
Owner Name: Stevens Jr., Charles E. And Associates
Years: 1970 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1952
Year Last Production: 1967
Discovery Year: 1872
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
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Normal Faulting Confined To Pre-Tertiary Rocks, With Vertical Desplacement Of 2000 Ft
Type: L
Description: Diabase Dike Intrudes Granite And Is Step-Faulted To East; Main Ore Deposits Are Located In Limestones Just Above Quartzite And Just Below Tertiary Basalts
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAY VALUES RANGED FROM 12 TO 30% CU AND 3% CU IN TAILINGS DUMP
Materials
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Specularite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED SHANNON COPPER CO; ARIZONA COPPER CO LTD; STEVENS FAMILY; STEVENS COPPER CO; RILEY AND SERAPIO; JESUS GOMEZ; ROBERT L. NARDELLI; ALASKA CLAIM PATENTED IN 1893
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON RIDGE BETWEEN NORTH FORK OF GARFIELD GULCH AND CHASE CREEK; ALASKA AND MOLINAR CLAIMS ARE AT NORTHERN END OF CLUSTER OF 18 ADITS AND PROSPECTS NEAR MOUTH OF GARFIELD GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)
Comment (Deposit): 2 PATENED CLAIMS: (ALASKA, MOLINAR); DEPOSIT INCLUDES RICH PODS OF SUPERGENE CHALCOCITE ORE
Comment (Workings): UNDERGROUND AND TAILINGS DUMP MINING; DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED 2 ADITS OF WHICH THE MAIN ADIT IS 1400 FT; 1500 FT OF DRIFT; 1 TUNNEL (ALASKA TUNNEL); 6 RAISES; 1 WINZE TO 60 FT DEPTH
Comment (Geology): FISSURE VEINS IN DIABASE DIKE INTRUSION ARE RELATIVELY NARROW AS COMPARED TO OTHER MINERALIZATIONS IN THE DISTRICT
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: STEVENS GROUP ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 43, P 352-353
Reference (Deposit): BLM DISTRICT SHEET 837
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES FILA DATA, UNDER STEVENS MINE
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, UNDER STEVENS GROUP
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, UNDER STEVENS BROTHERS GOLD HOLDINGS
Reference (Deposit): BENNETT, 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE CO., AZ: MS THESIS, UNIV OF AZ
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