The Gross Copper Prospect is a copper mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,400 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: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 31.38556, -110.77139
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Gross Copper Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gross Copper Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Patagonia District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1899
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: R
Description: E-W And Ne Trending Quartz Veins And Associated Bands Of Crushed Mineralized Rock In Fault Fissures Cutting Diorite And Quartz Monzonite
Type: L
Description: Quartz Monzonite Is Locally Intruded By Granite Prophyry And Underlain By Diorite
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor
Rocks
Name: Hornblendite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SMALL CRYSTALS, MASSES, AND GRAINS; COPPER MINERALS ARE PERSISTENT THROUGHOUT MILE OR MORE OF NORTHWEST SLOPE OF MOUNTAIN ON WHICH PROSPECT IS SITUATED
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1899-1900
Comment (Development): OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDED G. GROSS (1899-1915)
Comment (Workings): SHAFT 80 FT IN QUARTZ MONZONITE
Comment (Deposit): EXACT LOCATION IS UNCERTAIN; PROSPECT LOCATION ALSO GIVEN AS 1 1/4 MILES NE OF GOLDEN ROSE MINE AT THE MOUTH OF GUAJOLOTE CANYON; PROSPECT NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE GROSS MINE, LOCATED 1 1/4 MILES TO NW OF GOLDEN ROSE MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): SOUTH SIDE OF PROVIDENCIA CANYON, 1/2 MILE SE OF GOLDEN ROSE MINE AND 1/2 MILE NW OF BUENA VISTA MINE . CONSISTS OF A SERIES OF MINES INCLUDING GROSS & GOLDEN ROSE CAMPS IN PALOMA, WILD HOG, & PROVIDENCIA CANYONS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL #582, P. 311
Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, FRANK S. 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000)
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