The Copper World Mine is a copper mine located in Coconino county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,201 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
Elevation: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 36.62722, -111.44972
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Copper World Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper World Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Coconino
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: 10 Miles East Of Echo Cliffs Monocline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 10 SAMPLES FROM NORTH PART OF OPEN CUT CONTAIN: 0.001 OZ. AU, 0.44 OZ. AG AND 0.69 % CU ALSO 6 OTHER SAMPLES FROM SOUTHERN PART OF OPEN CUT CONTAIN: 0.001 OZ. AU, 0.26 OZ. AG AND 0.74 % CU, SO TOTAL 16 SAMPLES CONTAIN 0.71 % CU.
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Cuprite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE INFORMATION FOUND UNDER RESERVES AND POTENTIAL RESOURCES; DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSIT; AND MAIN AND MINOR ORE MINERALS, ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE WHOLE WHITE MESA MINING DISTRICT. COPPER WORLD BEING JUST ONE OF THE CLAIMS THAT COMPRISE THIS DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Reserve-Resource): INDICATED CU ORE TOTALS OF 2,260,000 TONS SHOWS 615,000 TONS OF REASONABLY ASSURED ORE AND 1,645,000 TONS OF ORE IN PROBABLE EXTENSIONS. INFERRED CU ORE TOTALS (ORE IN CONCEALED ORE BODIES) SHOWS 14,200,000 TONS. THEREFORE TOTAL ESTIMATED ORE RESERVES EQUALS INDICATED ORES PLUS INFERRED ORES, WHICH EQUALS 16,260,000 TONS. THIS TOTAL IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE WHOLE WHITE MESA MINING DISTRICT.
Comment (Deposit): GANGUE IS MAINLY CHALCEDONY, WHICH OCCURS IN ANASTOMOSING STRINGERS.
Comment (Workings): EXPLORED BY OPEN PITS AND ADITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): MAYO, E.B., 1955, METALIFEROUS MINERAL AND MINERAL FUELS: MINERAL RESOURCES, NAVAJO-HOPI INDIAN RESERVATIONS, ARIZONA - UTAH, V. I, P. 19 - 32.
Reference (Deposit): READ, C.B., 1943, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE WHITE MESA MINING DISTRICT, COCONINO CO., ARIZONA: USGS OPEN FILE REPORT.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Reserve-Resource): MAYO, 1955
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