The Copper World is a copper and zinc mine located in Mohave county, Arizona.
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Copper World MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper World
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Eureka
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1959
Time Period: 1944-1959
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^3.55% Cu, 10.29% Zn, 0.66 Oz/St Ag, 0.0017 Oz/St Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratabound Exhalative
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Model Name: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Orebody
Name: COPPER WORLD
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Type: R
Description: Two Periods Of Folding; The Latest Period Characterized By Isoclinal Folding By Passive Slip Deformation
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermally Altered Footwall Zones (Chloritic Core, Sericitic Outer Zones); Cordierite, Anthophyllite, Almandine Garnet, Magnetite, And Biotite
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mesoproterozoic
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mesoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Chert
Comments
Comment (Geology): ORE WAS DEPOSITED DURING THE WANING STAGES OF VOLCANISM
Comment (Deposit): COARSE-GRAINED SULFIDES ARE ENMESHED WITH SILICATES
References
Reference (Deposit): DONNELLY, M.E., AND CONWAY, C.M., 1988, METALLOGENIC MAP OF VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE-SULFIDE OCCURRENCES IN ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1853-B, SCALE 1:1,000,000.
Reference (Deposit): MORE, S. W., 1980, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE ANTLER MINE AND VICINITY, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: UNPUBLISHED MASTERS THESIS, TUCSON, UNIV. OF ARIZONA, 149 P
Reference (Production): DONNELY, 1988
Reference (Deposit): STENSRUD, H.L., AND MORE, S. W., 1980, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND MASSIVE SULFIDE ENVIRONMENTS OF THE WEST-CENTRAL HAULAPAI MOUNTAINS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA--A PRELIMINARY REPORT: ARIZONA GEOL. SOC. DIGEST, V. 12, P. 155-165.
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