Copper Butte Mine

The Copper Butte Mine is a silica and copper mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,549 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

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Site Name

Primary: Copper Butte Mine
Secondary: Patented Claims
Secondary: June Bug
Secondary: Cochise
Secondary: Old Fred Mitchell Property
Secondary: James Incline
Secondary: Poor Mans Wash Propety
Secondary: Wallace Shaft

Commodity

Primary: Silica
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Copper Butte 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: Copper Butte Mining Co

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Year Last Production: 1971
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: Fault Of Nw Strike Sw Dip Separates Whitetail From Dacite To South. Beds Weakly Stratified, Strike N30-70w, Steep Dip.

Type: L
Description: Small Faults, Nise A Common Strike, Throughout Area. Minor Faults Separate Ore From Gangue.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Iron Oxide Staining

Rocks

Name: Conglomerate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Conglomerate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Tenorite
Ore: Quartz
Ore: Malachite

Comments

Comment (Workings): 5 PITS, 4 SHAFTS. ONE 400 FT INCLINED SHAFT IN 1913, ONE 114 FT SHAFT JOINS TO ALOWER TUNNEL 700 FT LONG.

Comment (Geology): THIS DEPOSIT PROBABLY ALLUVIAL MATERIAL FORMED BY EROSION OF SUPERGENE DEPOSITS OF RAY AND MIAMI.

Comment (Location): 3 SHAFTS SHOWN ON MAP, UTM IS WHERE 2 OF THESE SHAFTS ARE CLOSE TOGETHER IN SECTION 31. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Development): OPERATORS ALSO INCLUDED C.F. MITCHELL. PITS WERE BEGUN IN 1940'S. IN 1913, AN INCLINED SHAFT DUG.

Comment (Deposit): SPORADIC DEPOSITION IN CONGLOMERATE.

References

Reference (Deposit): USBM REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 3914, AUG, 1946, 34 P.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIFFINGS FILE.

Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

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