The Ox Hide is a copper mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,396 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,396 Feet (1,340 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 33.3875, -110.92220
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Ox Hide MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ox Hide
Secondary: Schultze Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Globe-Miami District
Land Status
Land ownership: Mixed
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Cyprus Miami Mining Corp.
Company ID: 200147
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: P. O. Box 4444, Claypool, Az
Info Year: 1992
Production
Year: 1981
Description: Cement Copper-Leached From Dumps 345 Metric Tons Of Copper
Year: 1980
Description: Cement Copper-Leached From Dumps Only 253 Metric Tons Of Copper
Year: 1979
Description: Cement Copper-Leached From Dumps Only 534 Metric Tons Of Copper
Year: 1978
Description: Cement Copper-Leached From Dumps Only 1881 Metric Tons Of Copper
Year: 1977
Description: Cement Copper 2104 Metric Tons Of Copper
Year: 1976
Description: Cement Copper 3590 Metric Tons Of Copper
Year: 1975
Description: Cement Copper 4584 Metric Tons Of Copper
Year: 1974
Description: Cement Copper 4390 Metric Tons Of Copper
Year: 1973
Description: Cement Copper 3952 Metric Tons Of Copper
Year: 1972
Description: Cement Copper 4060 Metric Tons Of Copper
Year: 1971
Description: Cement Copper 4422 Metric Tons Of Copper
Year: 1970
Description: Cement Copper 6096 Metric Tons Of Copper
Year: 1969
Description: Cement Copper 3285 Metric Tons Of Copper
Year: 1968
Description: Cement Copper 337 Metric Tons Of Copper
Year: 1982
Description: Cement Copper-Leached From Dumps 713 Metric Tons Of Copper
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1968
Discovery Year: 1894
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Tenorite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Cuprite
Unknown: Chrysocolla
Unknown: Azurite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MILS NAM UPPER OX HIDE MINED OUT YFC PROPERTY VISITED BY R BAER & C PALENCIA, SEPT,1977 -PROPERTY SHUT DOWN AT THAT TIME. HOL PROPERTY ON UNPATENTED CLAIMS ON FOREST SERVICE LANDS. PATENT MINERAL SURVEYS HAVE BEEN MADE (MS 4693 & 4698), BUT NO APPLICATION FOR PATENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED. LOC AIR PHOTOS OF LAYOUT IN FILE. ORIGINAL EVALUATION DONE SEPT 1978. UPDATE DONE SEPTEMBER 1983. UPDATED JULY 1987. UPDATED JUNE 1992. IN 1988, CYPRUS MINERALS CORP. PURCHASED THE INSPIRATION CONSOLIDATED COPPER COMPANY FROM ITS PARENT COMPANY, INSPIRATION RESOURCES CORP. FOR $125 MILLION, WHOSE ASSETS INCLUDED ALL THEIR COPPER PROPERTIES IN ARIZONA, THE SMELTER, AND THE COPPER ROD PLANT. THE OX HIDE PROPERTY IS NOW CONSOLIDATED INTO THE CYPRUS MIAMI PROPERTY FILE (SEQ NO 0040070008), BECAUSE THIS PROPERTY ALONG WITH THE BLUEBIRD PROPERTY (SEQ NO 0040070008) ARE NOW A SINGLE OPERATING MINE.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): PROPERTY HAS BEEN ABSORBED INTO THE CYPRUS MIAMI (INSPIRATION) OPERATION.
References
Reference (Deposit): INSPIRATION CONSOLIDATED COPPER CO. ANNUAL REPORT 1981
Reference (Deposit): (ORE & WASTE MINED, COPPER PRODUCED)
Reference (Deposit): INSPIRATION CONSOLIDATED COPPER CO. ANNUAL REPORTS 1966-1981
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