Arizona Commercial Mine

The Arizona Commercial Mine is a copper mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,058 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: Arizona Commercial Mine
Secondary: Copper Hill Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Silica

Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Globe Hills 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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Moores, E. M.
Years: 1961 -

Owner Name: Miami Copper Co. Present)
Years: 1940 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1905
Year Last Production: 1979
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

Form: LINEAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Ene Trending Copper Hill Vein, An Extension Of The Old Dominion Vein.

Type: L
Description: Many Small Parallel Ene Trending Faults In Quartzite. Diabase Sill At Mine Intrudes At The Base Of The Troy Quartzite

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): RECENT WORK BEING DONE ON A SMALL OPEN PIT ON COPPER HILL GROUP; MAIN OLDER WORKING ARE ALSO ON COPPER HILL GROUP INCLUDING SHAFT NO. 1 (2200 FT DEEP WITH DRIFTING AT 1900, 2000, 2100 FT AND EXTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT AT 10, 12, 14, 15, AND 16 LEVELS

Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH POST-DIABASE FAULTING AND INTRUSTION, EARLY TERTIARY. BUDGET FAULT HAS POST-MINERALIZATION DISPLACEMENT.

Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR THE COPPER HILL MINE SHAFT; EUREKA SHAFT IS ABOUT 1 MILE NE OF THE COPPER HILL ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Development): CLAIMS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS: THE COPPER HILL GROUP (SOUTHWEST OF THE IRON CAP PROPERTY) AND THE EUREKA GROUP (NORTHEAST OF THE IRON CAP PROPERTY); PREVIOUS OWNERS/OPERATORS INCLUDE ARIZONA COMMERCIAL CO. (OWNER OF COPPER HILL GROUP BEFORE 1905), MATAMORA CO. (OWNER OF PART OF THE EUREKA GROUP INCLUDING BLACK HAWK SHAFT PRIOR TO 1905), ARIZONA COMMERCIAL COPPER CO. (1905-1910), ARIZONA COMMERCIAL MINING CO. (1912-1930), OLD DOMINION CO. (1930-1940), CHARLIE NICHOLS, WEDEBRAND AND STROBE, FRED CLEMO, CLEM AND PERRY, RACINE, BROCKWAY, H. N. KINSEY

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT ON COPPER HILL CLAIMS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE OLD DOMINION VEIN ALONG NUMEROUS SHORT FAULTS BOUNDED BY N-S TRENDING FAULTS

References

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 342, P. 104-106

Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F. L., GEOLOGY OF THE GLOBE COPPER DISTRICT, AZ, USGS PP 12, 1903, P. 154

Reference (Deposit): TENNEY, J. B., HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA, 1927-1929, P

Reference (Deposit): NEALE, W. G., THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XVII, 1926, P. 208-210

Reference (Deposit): AZ MINING JOURNAL, NOV 1919, P. 41; MAY 1, 1922, P. 22-23

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