Blue Copper Mine

The Blue Copper Mine is a copper mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,720 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: 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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