The Copper Glance Mine is a copper mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,759 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: 1,759 Feet (536 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 34.05306, -113.76889
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Copper Glance Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Glance Mine
Secondary: Corona Copper Co.
Secondary: Mammoth Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Midway 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
Type: Underground
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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: STRINGERS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Barite
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): ONE CARLOAD OF ORE HAS BEEN SHIPPED, WHICH IS REPORTED TO HAVE CARRIED 22 PER CENT COPPER AND FROM $4 TO $5 IN GOLD TO THE TON.
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT
Comment (Deposit): NOT THE SAME AS MAMMOTH OR CHICAGO PROSPECTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): BANCROFT, H., 1911, ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 451, P. 121.
Reference (Production): U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 451, P. 120
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 163.
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