Oregon Copper Mines

The Oregon Copper Mines is a copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,400 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

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Site Name

Primary: Oregon Copper Mines
Secondary: Coconino
Secondary: Chicago

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Helvetia-Rosemont District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Year: 1899
Time Period: 1890-1899
Material type: ORE CU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^10% Cu, 1 Oz Ag/Ton

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: 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: BEDDED

Structure

Type: R
Description: Homoclinal ; Reg.Trends: Tilting And Broad Open Folds In S. And Extensive Faulting In N.

Type: L
Description: Thrust And Normal Faulting - Fracture Zones.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Intense Silicification.

Rocks

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Chrysocolla

Comments

Comment (Development): ANACONDA REPORTS ROSEMONT-HELVETIA INTRUSIVE QUARTZ LATITE AS POTENTIAL PORPH. COPPER DEPOSIT IN 1971.

Comment (Deposit): HANGING WALL= GRANITE PORPHYRY OF SCHRADER (1915) - PROB. QUARTZ LATITE OF DREWES (1971)

Comment (Workings): DISTRICT IS POSSIBLY NEW PORPH. COPPER DEPOSIT.

Comment (Geology): ORE GEN IN LIME-SILICATE ZONES CONTROLLED BY FAULTS AND FRACTURES. ; GEOL.DESC: AGE OF MINERALIZATION BELIEVED TO BE THAT OF THE QUARTZ LATITE INTRUSIVE OF DREWES - 1971. ; REG.COM: STRUCTURE IN DISTRICT IS THRUST FAULTING - HIGH ANGLE NORMAL FAULTING AND FOLDING.

Comment (Deposit): THE STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS USED ARE THOSE OF H. DREWES - 1971 USGS MAP I-613. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Commodity): MALACHITE, CUPRITE PROBABLY SECONDARY AFTER CHALCOPYRITE

Comment (Location): N CENTRAL SECTION 36.

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION COMBINED WITH CHICAGO AND OREGON MINES.

References

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1915 USGS BULL. 582

Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES 1971 FIELDNOTES V. 1 NO. 2

Reference (Deposit): DREWES, H. 1971 USGS MAP I-613 (SAHUARITA QUAD)

Reference (Deposit): KEITH,S.B.,1974,INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY,ARIZONA:ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189,P.127.

Reference (Deposit): 1909 RECON F.C. SCHRADER U.S.G.S. BULL. 582

Reference (Deposit): 1971 DIREXPL ANACONDA-POSSIBLE NEW PORPH. COPPER DEPOSIT.

Reference (Deposit): 1971 GEOLMAP H. DREWES U.S.G.S. MAP I-613.

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