The Copper Hill Prospect. is a mine located in Graham county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,000 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: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 32.76056, -110.43889
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Copper Hill Prospect. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Hill Prospect.
Secondary: Cu
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Graham
District: Aravaipa District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Leo L. Cook
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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: STRINGERS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Tertiary Block Faulting Trending Nnw ; Reg.Trends: Minor Pre-Cretaceous E & Ne Trending Folds & Major Post-Cretaceous Nnw Trending Faults.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tenorite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): PROBABLY NO PRODUCTION.
Comment (Deposit): FRACTURE ZONE 4 TO 5 FT. WIDE CONTAINS SPARSE STRINGERS OF SUPERGENE COPPER MINERALS. A SECOND FRACTURE ZONE STRIKES N 50 W IS 2 TO 3 FT. WIDE.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: COUNTRY ROCK IS GENTLY DIPPING PURPLE FINE-GRAINED VESICULAR OLIVINE ANDESITE. CUT BY FRACTURES
Comment (Commodity): COPPER MINERALS OCCUR AS FILMS AND AS SMALL PODS.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT AND OPENCUT, ADIT AND STOPE.
References
Reference (Production): SIMONS, F. S. 1964.
Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP SIMONS, F.S., PROF. PAPER 461
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 461
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