The Stoddard Mine is a copper mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,501 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: 4,501 Feet (1,372 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 34.41944, -112.18083
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Stoddard Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Stoddard Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Agua Fria District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Foliation And Transposed Bedding In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N-S To N15w
Type: L
Description: Massive Sulfide Lenses Parallel Stratigraphic Units
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization, Sericitization
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS MASSIVE SULFIDE LENS IN PROTEROZOIC METAVOLCANIC ROCKS. MASSIVE SULFIDE LENS LOCALIZED IN OR NEAR RHYOLITE-ANDESITE CONTACTS. OXIDIZED COPPER ORE
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS MASSIVE SULFIDE LENS IN PROTEROZOIC METAVOLCANIC ROCKS. MASSIVE SULFIDE LENS LOCALIZED IN OR NEAR RHYOLITE-ANDESITE CONTACTS.
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D003049 OF J.W. HASLER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, C.A., AND BLACET, P.M., 1972, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN BRADSHAW MOUNTAINS, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1336, P. 75.
Reference (Deposit): ELSING, M.J., AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140, P. 102.
Reference (Deposit): USGS GQ MAP 996.
Reference (Deposit): DUNNING, C.H., ROCKS TO RICHES, P. 381.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): ARIZONA BUREA OF MINES BULL. 140 , P. 102
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 782, P. 148.
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