Kaibab Group

The Kaibab Group is a copper mine located in Coconino county, Arizona at an elevation of 7,799 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

Name: Kaibab Group  

State:  Arizona

County:  Coconino

Elevation: 7,799 Feet (2,377 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 36.71889, -112.22944

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Kaibab Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Kaibab Group


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver


Location

State: Arizona
County: Coconino
District: Warm Springs District


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: U.S. Metals Corp., Mineral Rights Only


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1942
Year Last Production: 1950
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Grand Canyon Section


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: AVERAGE 6 COPPER (1948)


Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcocite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): VERY CLOSE PROKIMITY TO RYAN, PETOSKEY, AND MACKIN MINES. ALL OF THESE MINES ARE VERY SIMILAR, STRATABOUND COPPER DEPOSITS, WITH ORE ALONG VERTICAL FISSURES. FISSURES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH BROAD FOLDS, AND ARE CONTEMPORANEOUS WITH REGIONAL BRECCIA PIPE FORMATION (JUR-MIDDLE CRET). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): NE OF JACOB LAKE TOWNSITE. UTM IS CENTER OR SOUTH HALF, SECTION 6 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED APRX MINING COMPANY, ATHERLY AND RYAN, WOODWARD AND SPRNCEE ATHERLY BROTHERS, 1948 U.S. METALS CORPORATION WAS OWNER THROUGHOUT HISTORY, APEX CO IS A SUBSIDIARY OF U.S. METALS

Comment (Deposit): MINED A 20 FT WIDE ZONE 700 FT LONG IN 1948

Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT PRODUCTION, UNDER ABOUT SEVER FEET OF OVERBURDEN.


References

Reference (Deposit): USBM DATA, CLUSTER #1558

Reference (Deposit): ADMR

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA


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