The Gold-Copper Mines Co. is a copper and gold mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,249 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: 4,249 Feet (1,295 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 33.07306, -110.78389
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Gold-Copper Mines Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold-Copper Mines Co.
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Banner District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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: LINEAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: In A Number Of Places Altered Igneous Rock Forms The South Wall Of The Main Vein. In The Hand Specimen This Is A Fine-Grained Dull-Green Rock Speckled With Numerous Small White Feldspar Phenocrysts. It Is An Aggregate Of Chlorite, Epidote, Residual Bits Of Feldspar, And Indeterminate Alteration Products. The Rock Is Probably An Altered Intrusive Andesite, Perhaps Related To The Dioritic Dikes That Are Common In This Region.
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C. P., 1925 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SADDLE MOUNTAIN AND BANNER MINING DESTRICTS, ARIZONA; UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 771
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