The C & H Mine Group is a copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,019 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: 4,019 Feet (1,225 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 31.93667, -110.71361
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C & H Mine Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: C & H Mine Group
Secondary: Copper Alex
Secondary: Copper Aleck
Secondary: Black Horse
Secondary: Nevada
Secondary: Green Monument
Secondary: Co Yote
Secondary: Herring
Secondary: Collins
Secondary: Humpal
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Tungsten
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Cuprite District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1955
Material type: W ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^1.23% Wo3
Year: 1900
Time Period: 1880-1900
Material type: CU ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^3-5% Cu
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: IRREGULAR, BEDDED
Structure
Type: L
Description: Ne-Nw Trending Shears Adjacent Granitics
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.076% WO3, 0.26% CU
Analytical Data: 0.20% WO3, 0.26% CU
Analytical Data: ASSAYS UP TO 10% CU. USBM SAMPLES: 0.13% WO3, 0.10% CU
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Powellite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): TACTITE
Comment (Workings): TWO SHAFTS AND ADITS
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050491 WITH RE CORD M800263 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): DALE, STEWART, & MCKINNEY, 1960, USBM RI 5650, P. 111-112
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 124
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582, P. 136-137
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1974; USBM RI 56507
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