The Cuprite Group is a copper mine located in Greenlee county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,401 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: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 33.13278, -109.39194
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Cuprite Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cuprite Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
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: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1905
Year Last Production: 1916
Discovery Year: 1875
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: Veins Form Quartz-Filled Streaks In Granite; No Porphyry Dikes
Type: L
Description: Ores Occur In Granite Along The Vein And In Quartz Accompanying The Deposit
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization Of Orthoclase; Formation Of Nw And Ne Trending Quartz Vein Systems
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1913 ASSAY VALUES RANGED FROM 15 TO 30% CU
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Dioptase
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S
Comment (Location): CUPRITE GROUP CLAIMS EXTEND INTO THE SOUTH HALF OF SECTION 29, THE SE CORNER OF SECTION 30, AND THE EAST HALF OF SECTION 31. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED E.T. MORTON, ISAAC N. STEVENS, CUPRITE COPPER CO; CUPRITE COPPER CO DISSOLVED IN 1925 WITH NO FURTHER RECORDS OF PROPERTY
Comment (Deposit): 16 PATENTED AND 10 UNPATENTED CLAIMS TOTALLING 490 ACRES. PROPERTY ALSO INCLUDED 2000 LINEAR FT OF STRONG HEMATITIC OUTCROPS WHICH RANGE FROM 5 TO 100 FT IN WIDTH.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED 2 SHAFTS OF 30 FT AND 320 FT DEPTH, 2 TUNNELS OF 150 FT AND 260 FT LENGTH.
Comment (Geology): SIMILAR TO CORONADO VEIN. QUARTZITIC VEINS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY IRREGULAR MASSES OF A FINE-GRAINED ROCK WHICH ARE POSSIBLY INCLUSIONS OF OLDER PRECAMBRIAN SEDIMENTS INTO INTRUSIVE GRANITE. AGE OF MINERALIZATION ROUGHLY CONTEMPORANEOUS WITH FISSURE VEIN FORMATION IN MORENCI GRANITE PORPHYRY TO THE S AND E.
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: SANTA ROSA GROUP. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., 1914, THE COPPER HANDBOOK, V. XI, P. 303, CUPRITE COPPER CO.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 43, P. 345-346.
Reference (Deposit): BENNETT K.C., 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI OF ARIZONA, 153 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, V. XV, P. 261, CUPRITE COPPER CO.
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