Capilano Mine

The Capilano Mine is a copper and gold mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 600 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

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Site Name

Primary: Capilano Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Cienega 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

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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

Structure

Type: R
Description: Nw-Trending Basin And Range Faults.

Type: L
Description: Gash Veins And Joint Planes Adjoining The Normal Faults.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidized Copper Mineralization

Rocks

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Specularite
Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Deposit): VEIN IS IN SILICIFIED BRECCIATED WALL ROCK ALONG A NORMAL FAULT ZONE.

Comment (Workings): PROPERTY HAS BEEN EXPLORED BY A SHALLOW SHAFT AND SEVERAL SURFACE CUTS

Comment (Geology): OREBODIES WITHIN AND ABOVE THE FLINTY, CHLORITE, MICROBRECCIATED DETACHMENT SURFACE.

Comment (Location): SW OF THE BILLY MACK MINE

Comment (Development): PAST OPERATORS INCLUDE: BOTZUM AND ASSOC., CAPILANO HOLDINGS INC., AND WILLIAMS.

Comment (Production): WORKED SPORADICALLY FROM EARLY 1900'S BUT WITH ONLY LIMITED PRODUCTION OF RICH GOLD AND SILVER ORE AND MINOR COPPER.

References

Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 137, P. 127

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT BULL 192, P. 123

Reference (Deposit): WILKINS, J. AND HEIDRICK, T.L., 1982, BASE AND PRECIOUS METAL MINERALIZATION RELATED TO LOW-ANGLE TECTONIC FEATURES IN THE WHIPPLE MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA AND BUCKSKIN MOUNTAINS,ARIZONA. IN: MESOZOIC-CENOZOIC TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE COLORADO RIVER REGION, CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, AND NEVADA; CORDILLERAN PUBLISHERS; P. 182.

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