The Chicago Prospect is a copper mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,900 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: 1,900 Feet (579 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 34.05306, -113.78389
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Chicago Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chicago Prospect
Secondary: Corona Copper Co.
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
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
Owner Name: Corona Copper Co.
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: VUGS, IRREGULAR MASSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: In Places Slicken Sided Surfaces Of Gangue Material Were Noted, Showing Post-Mineral Movement As Well As That Which Occurred Before
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
Analytical Data: ORE AVERAGING ABOUT 16% CU, 0.802 AU/TON, AND 1.3 OZ AG/TON IN 1907.
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Gold
Ore: Barite
Ore: Iron
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IN ABGMT BULL 192 IS TOO FAR EAST.
Comment (Deposit): SPOTTY, OXIDIZED, COPPER MINERALIZATION WITH STRONG HEMATITE AND QUARTZ AND LOCAL BARITE, MINOR FLUORITE, AND TRACES OF SULPHIDES IN IRREGULAR FAULT-VEINS AND/OR REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS.
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH LOW-ANGLE DETACHMENT FAULTING; OREBODIES ARE WITHIN AND IMMEDIATELY ABOVE THE MICROBRECCIATED DETACHMENT SURFACE; IRREGULAR HYDROTHERMAL REPLACEMENT.
Comment (Deposit): NOT THE SAME AS COPPER GLANCE MINE OR MAMMOTH PROSPECT.
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 451, P. 121.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT BULL 192, P. 163.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
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