The Camp B Mine is a copper mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,599 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,599 Feet (1,097 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 34.02722, -112.58722
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Camp B Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Camp B Mine
Secondary: Camp B Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Black Rock District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Oberan,Molly May
Years: 1934 -
Owner Name: N. S. Oberan , Queen And Whitwell, E. Nutter
Years: 1945 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1937
Year Last Production: 1949
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Foliation In Precambrian Schist And Gneiss Trends N 25 E To N 65 E
Type: L
Description: Veins (And Genetically-Related (?)) Dikes Trend N 10 W To N 40 W And Crosscut Precambrian Fabric
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor To None
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Cuprite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN STRUCTURES "HORSE TAIL" AS THEY APPROACH THE CONTACT ZONE OF GRANITE AND SCHIST. INDIVIDUAL VEINS 5 FT WIDE; VEIN SYSTEMS UP TO 50 FT WIDE
Comment (Location): MAIN SHAFT SW OF SECTION CORNER OF SECTIONS 16, 17, 20 AND 21. MAIN SHAFT ON NOGI PATENTED CLAIM. SHAFT IN SE CORNER OF SEC 17 IS NORTH SHAFT OF CAMP B, ALSO ON NOGI CLAIM
Comment (Development): A NUMBER OF CLAIMS OWNED BY N. OBERAN (1964), THEY INCLUDE; WEDGE 1-4, NOGI, CHADWICK, SCORPION AND BARTHOLDI. WEDGE 1-4 ARE UNPATENTED; OTHERS ARE PATENTED
Comment (Workings): 1 SHAFT INCLINED 57 DEG FOR AT LEAST 165 FT. SMALL PIT, 30 FT ACROSS (ALBERT PIT), PART OF SHATTERED ZONE. TWO TUNNELS, ONE AT THE 160 FT LEVEL, THE OTHER AT THE 270 FT LEVEL.
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS HIGH-ANGLE QUARTZ VEIN WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH RHYOLITE OR ANDESITE DIKES OF PROBABLE MID-TERTIARY AGE THAT CUT PRECAMBRIAN IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT. MIN. RES. FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
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