Copper Giant Mine

The Copper Giant Mine is a copper mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,249 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: Copper Giant Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Tungsten

Location

State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Bunker Hill District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: BOOMERANG SHAPED

Structure

Type: R
Description: Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Minor Pre-Cretaceous E And Ne Trending Folds And Major Post-Cretaceous Nnw Trending Faults.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Wolframite

Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Comment (Commodity): SIGNIFICANCE OF TUNGSTEN UNKNOWN. NO HYPOGENE MINERALS SEEN.

Comment (Deposit): PIPE IS BOOMERANG SHAPED, WITH EACH WING ABOUT 500 FT. LONG. PLATY STRUCTURE IN BRECCIA DIPS 10-20 SW.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: PIPE IS LOCATED ON CONTACT BETWEEN GRANODIORITE AND HORNFELS DERIVED FROM GLORY HOLE VOLCANICS. ANGULAR TO ROUNDED BRECCIA FRAGMENTS. COPPER STAIN AND PYRITE ARE TERSTITIAL

Comment (Workings): 2 SHORT ADITS AND A WINZE.

References

Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, F.S. 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 461.

Reference (Deposit): WEED, W. H., 1913, MINING AND ENG. WORLD, V. 38, P. 375-378.

Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP SIMONS, F.S. PROF. PAPER 461

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): SIMONS, F.S. 1964.

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