Copper World Mine

The Copper World Mine is a copper mine located in Coconino county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,201 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

Name: Copper World Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Coconino

Elevation: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 36.62722, -111.44972

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Copper World Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Copper World Mine


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver


Location

State: Arizona
County: Coconino


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: L
Description: 10 Miles East Of Echo Cliffs Monocline


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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

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


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 10 SAMPLES FROM NORTH PART OF OPEN CUT CONTAIN: 0.001 OZ. AU, 0.44 OZ. AG AND 0.69 % CU ALSO 6 OTHER SAMPLES FROM SOUTHERN PART OF OPEN CUT CONTAIN: 0.001 OZ. AU, 0.26 OZ. AG AND 0.74 % CU, SO TOTAL 16 SAMPLES CONTAIN 0.71 % CU.


Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Cuprite
Gangue: Chalcedony


Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE INFORMATION FOUND UNDER RESERVES AND POTENTIAL RESOURCES; DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSIT; AND MAIN AND MINOR ORE MINERALS, ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE WHOLE WHITE MESA MINING DISTRICT. COPPER WORLD BEING JUST ONE OF THE CLAIMS THAT COMPRISE THIS DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Reserve-Resource): INDICATED CU ORE TOTALS OF 2,260,000 TONS SHOWS 615,000 TONS OF REASONABLY ASSURED ORE AND 1,645,000 TONS OF ORE IN PROBABLE EXTENSIONS. INFERRED CU ORE TOTALS (ORE IN CONCEALED ORE BODIES) SHOWS 14,200,000 TONS. THEREFORE TOTAL ESTIMATED ORE RESERVES EQUALS INDICATED ORES PLUS INFERRED ORES, WHICH EQUALS 16,260,000 TONS. THIS TOTAL IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE WHOLE WHITE MESA MINING DISTRICT.

Comment (Deposit): GANGUE IS MAINLY CHALCEDONY, WHICH OCCURS IN ANASTOMOSING STRINGERS.

Comment (Workings): EXPLORED BY OPEN PITS AND ADITS.


References

Reference (Deposit): MAYO, E.B., 1955, METALIFEROUS MINERAL AND MINERAL FUELS: MINERAL RESOURCES, NAVAJO-HOPI INDIAN RESERVATIONS, ARIZONA - UTAH, V. I, P. 19 - 32.

Reference (Deposit): READ, C.B., 1943, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE WHITE MESA MINING DISTRICT, COCONINO CO., ARIZONA: USGS OPEN FILE REPORT.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MAYO, 1955


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