Ox Hide Mine

The Ox Hide Mine is a copper mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,400 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: Ox Hide Mine
Secondary: Upper Ox Hide
Secondary: Lower Ox Hide
Secondary: Schultze Mine
Secondary: Schultze Group

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Miami-Inspiration 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

Owner Name: Cyprus Miami Mining Corp.
Years: 1988 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1929
Year Last Production: 1984
Discovery Year: 1894
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Ns Curving To Wnw Fault Forms Needle Creek Valley

Type: L
Description: Faulting Is Mainly E-W In Mined Area

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Tenorite
Ore: Cuprite

Comments

Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED; DAVID L. KUCK, RALPH HENDERSON, ALMA, EVA, AND ED SCHULTZE, O.L. CROSS, AND INSPIRATION CONSOLIDATED MINING CO.. OPEN-PIT WORKING BEGAN IN 1968, 16 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, 1943 OPEN PIT OPERATIONS BEGAN IN 1967 AT TWO PITS. UPPER OXHIDE PIT WORK ENDED IN 1974, LOWER OXHIDE OPEN PIT STILL IN OPERATION, 1982, HEAP LEACHING FOR COPPER. CALLED SCHULTZE MINE 1929 TO 1962 WITH MINOR SPORADIC PRODUCTION AND SOME LEACHING IN 1961. CYPRUS ACQUIRED INSPIRATION CONSOLIDATED COPPER IN JULY, 1988.

Comment (Deposit): PRODUCTION BEGAN ON A VEIN DEPOSIT, LATER WAS TURNED INTO 2 LARGE OPEN PITS

Comment (Workings): SMALL TUNNELS AND SHAFTS, ONE 200 FT LONG TUNNEL, ONE 100 FT DEEP SHAFT, AND SMALL OPEN CUTS PRIOR TO 1943. NOW TWO LARGE OPEN PITS.

Comment (Location): 2.7 MILE SW OF MIAMI, SHAFT LOCATION BASED ON MAP IN PP 342. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Comment (Commodity): MOST ORE IS LOW GRADE

Comment (Production): IN 1981, THE PRODUCTION RATE WAS APPROXIMATELY 12, 500 ST/D OF SULFIDE ORE.

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS P.P. 342, 1962, PLATE 1.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): ADMR OXHIDE MINE FILE.

Reference (Deposit): SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.

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