The Copper Standard Mine is a copper mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,699 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: 1,699 Feet (518 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 32.70806, -111.79500
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Copper Standard Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Standard Mine
Secondary: Standard Copper
Secondary: Standard Group
Secondary: Esperanza Cowboy Mine
Secondary: Black Crator ?
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Silver Reef District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Owner Name: J. A. Barnhard
Years: 1960 -
Owner Name: Powdered Metals Corp.
Years: 1968 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1965
Discovery Year: 1895
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: In Tertiary Volcanic Field, With Blocks Faulted Against Prec Oracle Granite, Ew And Nw-Se Normal Faults In 2 Mile Radius Both North And West Of Mine
Type: L
Description: Nne Strike And Almost Vertical E Dip, Shown On Mf-934, For Andesite Bedding
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): CLAIMS LOCATED ALONG SOUTHEAST SLOPE OF SILVER REEF MOUNTAINS FOR THE UPPER TWO THIRDS OF SECTION 25 AND EXTEND SLIGHTLY INTO SECTION 24
Comment (Development): CLAIMS INCLUDE CHICAGO, ST LOUIS, SUMMIT, COWBOY, CROWN, ESPERANZA AND MILLSITE ALL PATENTED CLAIMS (1968)
Comment (Workings): WORKING LIMITED TO ESPERANZA AND COWBOY CLAIMS; ON ESPERANZA CLAIM THERE IS A PERPENDICULAR SHAFT OF 165 FT AND A 250 FT SHAFT WITH VERTICAL AND INCLINED SECTIONS; THE LONGER SHAFT HAS DRIFTS AT 100 FT LEVEL, 200 FT LEVEL AND 250 FT LEVEL; ON THE COWBOY CLAIM THERE ARE TWO OPENINGS: A SHORT TUNNEL LEADING TO A SHALLOW SHAFT.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1890'S
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP MF-934, 1978
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): BLM DISTRICT SHEET 561
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