The Mudersbach Copper Camp is a silver, gold, and copper mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,401 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: 1,401 Feet (427 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 33.80528, -114.05917
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Mudersbach Copper Camp MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mudersbach Copper Camp
Secondary: Excelsior Minee
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Iron
Location
State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Central Plomosa District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Year: 1930
Time Period: 1900-1930
Description: Cp_Grade: ^4.4 % Cu, 0.67 Oz Ag/Ton, 0.03 Oz Au/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR, POCKETY
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Specularite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Development): WORKED INTERMITTENTLY FROM EARLY 1900'S TRHOUGH 1930 ;PAST OPERATORS INCLUDE:EXCELSIOR GOLD AND COPPER CO.,RECORD MINES CO.,AND WILLIAMS.
Comment (Deposit): OXIDIZED NEAR THE SURFACE
Comment (Production): ONE CARLOAD OF ORE HAS BEEN SHIPPED, WHICH THE OWNER REPORTS AVERAGED 10.4 % COPPER AND $1.00 IN GOLD PER TON
Comment (Workings): THE DEVELOPMENT WORK DONE ON THE PROSPECT IS SMALL, CONSISTING OF A FEW SURFACE CUTS WITH TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS.
Comment (Location): W CENTRAL SECTION 5.
References
Reference (Deposit): BANCROFT, HOWLAND; 1911; ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: A.B.M. BULLETIN 451, P. 91
Reference (Production): A.B.M. BULLETIN 451, P. 91. (8) KEITH, S.B., 1978, P. 168
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 168
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