Las Trajas

The Las Trajas is a copper mine located in Greenlee county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,079 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: Las Trajas  

State:  Arizona

County:  Greenlee

Elevation: 6,079 Feet (1,853 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 33.0028, -109.39440

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Las Trajas MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Las Trajas
Secondary: Arizona Copper Co Property


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver


Location

State: Arizona
County: Greenlee


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Phelps Dodge Corp
Info Year: 1980


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
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

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Structure

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Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

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Comments

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References

Reference (Deposit): USGS CLIFTON QUAD

Reference (Deposit): USGS GEOLOGIC ATLAS CLIFTON FOLIO AZ 1905-ECONOMIC GEOLOGY

Reference (Deposit): MAP

Reference (Deposit): DUNNING,CHARLES H ROCKS TO RICHES 1959

Reference (Deposit): CLELAND,ROBERT G A HISTORY OF PHELPS DODGE 1952

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN,WALDEMAR THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE CLIFTON-MORENCI

Reference (Deposit): DISTRICT AZ USGS PP 43 1905


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