Copper Chief Mine

The Copper Chief Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,001 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: Copper Chief Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Yavapai

Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 34.705, -112.09389

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Copper Chief Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Copper Chief Mine
Secondary: Iron King-Equator
Secondary: Copper Chief-Iron King-Equator


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc


Location

State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Verde District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Copper Chief Mining Co.

Owner Name: Hayden Leasing Co.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1901
Year Last Production: 1948
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

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


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: ELONGATED LENS

Form: ELONGATED LENS


Structure

Type: R
Description: Foliation In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N10w To N40w

Type: L
Description: Massive Sulfide Lenses Elongate Parallel To Bedding In Metavolcanic Rocks


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization, Sericitization


Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 1820.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 1820.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 1820.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 1820.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic

Name: Meta-Basalt
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1820.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Sericite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): PROTEROZOIC GRANODIORITE PORPHYRY DIKES CUT THE MASSIVE SULFIDE OREBODY. OXIDIZED ORE WAS RICH IN AU AND AG. PROTORE MASSIVE SULFIDE WAS LOW GRADE

Comment (Workings): COPPER CHIEF ADIT IS 350 FT DEEP; ADITS ON COPPER CHIEF AND EQUATOR PORTIONS OF PROPERTY ARE 1125 AND 680 FT LONG. RESPECTIVELY

Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS MASSIVE SULFIDE LENS IN METARHYOLITE OR NEAR CONTACT OF METARHYOLITE AND METABASALT OR CONTACT OF METARHYOLITE AND METASEDIMEMTARY UNITS

Comment (Deposit): ONE OF FEW MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS WITH APPRECIABLE LEAD MINERALIZATION AT JEROME ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): COPPER CHIEF PROPERTY IS WEST HALF OF OREBODY; IRON KING-EQUATOR IS EAST HALF


References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 782, P.91 TO 92

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 308 P. 149-151

Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 145 P. 55-56

Reference (Deposit): ROGERS, THORNWELL, 1979, UNPUBLISHED M.S. THESIS-COPPER CHIEF MINE. NORTH. AZ. UNIV.

Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA


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