Copper Glance Mine

The Copper Glance Mine is a silver, copper, and gold mine located in Cochise county, Arizona.

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 Glance Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Cochise

Elevation:

Commodity: Silver, Copper, Gold

Lat, Long: 31.42056, -110.35833

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Copper Glance Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Copper Glance Mine
Secondary: Mandotta
Secondary: Silver King
Secondary: Smuggler
Secondary: Huachuca Queen


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold


Location

State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Hartford 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

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1913
Year Last Production: 1918
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

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Orebody

Form: FRACTURES


Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Cretaceous

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Production): SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF ORE PRODUCED IN THE EARLY 1900'S AND FROM 1913 TO 1915.

Comment (Geology): ORE ALONG FRACTURES IN STEEPLY TILTED ANDESITE VOLCANICS.

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)


References

Reference (Deposit): ELSING & HEINEMAN, 1936 - ABM BULL. 140

Reference (Deposit): CREASEY,S.C,1973

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, 1973, P. 65.

Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.


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