The Ox Hide Mine is a copper mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,400 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
Elevation: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Primary Mineral: Copper
Lat, Long: 33.38583, -110.92389
Ox Hide Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ox Hide MineSecondary: Upper Ox Hide
Secondary: Lower Ox Hide
Secondary: Schultze Mine
Secondary: Schultze Group
Commodity
Primary: CopperSecondary: Silver
Location
State: ArizonaCounty: Gila
District: Miami-Inspiration District
Land Status
Land ownership: PrivateHoldings
Workings
Ownership
Owner Name: Cyprus Miami Mining Corp.
Years: 1988 -
Years: 1988 -
Production
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
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 PlateausPhysiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Orebody
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ns Curving To Wnw Fault Forms Needle Creek Valley
Description: Ns Curving To Wnw Fault Forms Needle Creek Valley
Type: L
Description: Faulting Is Mainly E-W In Mined Area
Description: Faulting Is Mainly E-W In Mined Area
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Analytical Data
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Tenorite
Ore: Cuprite
Comments
| Comment Type: Development |
Comment: 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 Type: Deposit |
Comment: PRODUCTION BEGAN ON A VEIN DEPOSIT, LATER WAS TURNED INTO 2 LARGE OPEN PITS |
| Comment Type: Workings |
Comment: 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 Type: Location |
Comment: 2.7 MILE SW OF MIAMI, SHAFT LOCATION BASED ON MAP IN PP 342. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978) |
| Comment Type: Commodity |
Comment: MOST ORE IS LOW GRADE |
| Comment Type: Production |
Comment: IN 1981, THE PRODUCTION RATE WAS APPROXIMATELY 12, 500 ST/D OF SULFIDE ORE. |
References
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: USGS P.P. 342, 1962, PLATE 1.
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: ADMR OXHIDE MINE FILE.
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: 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.
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Reference Category: Other Database
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Reference: CIMRI
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Reference Category: Production
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Reference: SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.
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