The Blue Copper Mine is a copper mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,720 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: 2,720 Feet (829 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 32.73083, -111.13222
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Blue Copper Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Copper Mine
Secondary: Durham Hills Mine
Secondary: Blue Hill Copper Mine
Secondary: Big Bull Mine
Secondary: Busy Bee
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Durham-Suizo 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: Utex Oil Co., Salt Lake City, Utah
Owner Name: Mc Farland-Hullinger
Years: 1966 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1948
Year Last Production: 1962
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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Along Contact, N20-N30w, 10-30e Dip
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Kaolinization, Silicification, Chloritization
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: FLUX ORE ASSAYED 3.5% CU.
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD M241486 OF JOY HARNER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Deposit): SOUTH ORE BODY 1200 FT LONG, WIDTH IN RANGE OF 75 TO 150 FT-ALL WORKINGS ON THIS BODY. NORTH ORE BODY, 300 FT BY 150 FT MAY BE TOO LOW IN GRADE FOR PRODUCTION. VEINLETS IN BOTH GRANITE AND SCHIST
Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS, OLD; TUNNEL DRIVEN WESTWARD INTO HILL. SHALLOW AND DEEP DRILLING, NUMEROUS PIT AND BULLDOZED CUTS. ORE TAKEN TO A DEPTH OF 25 FT. FROM PITS. SHAFTS 30 80 AND 100 FEET DEEP
Comment (Geology): ORE HAS HIGH ALUMNA CONTENT
Comment (Location): UTM IS WHERE 2 ADITS ARE SIDE BY SIDE IN SW 1/4 SECTION 17 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Production): ADMR REPORTS PRODUCTION IN 1929 AND 1966, YEARS NOT REPORTED IN ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED DRAKE ENTERPRIZES, GUZMAN AND SCHWARTZ '61 F.M. ELRATH, H. MCMILLAN R.J. EDWARDS. 20 UNPATENTED CLAIMS OWNED BY UTEX IN 1965, MCFARLAND AND HULLINGER, 1966. THE MINE WAS IN PRODUCTION INTERMITTENTLY.
References
Reference (Deposit): BANKS, N.G., FIELD EXAM, 1976.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): C.F. BARTER, 1962. GEOLOGY OF THE OWL HEAD MINING DISTRICT, PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA. U.A. M.S. THESIS.
Reference (Deposit): ADMR BLUE COPPER FILE
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