Ox Hide

The Ox Hide is a copper mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,396 feet.

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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: Ox Hide

State: Arizona

County: Gila

Elevation: 4,396 Feet (1,340 Meters)

Primary Mineral: Copper

Lat, Long: 33.3875, -110.92220

Satelite image of the Ox Hide

Ox Hide MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Ox Hide
Secondary: Schultze Group

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Globe-Miami District

Land Status

Land ownership: Mixed

Holdings

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Ownership

Owner Name: Cyprus Miami Mining Corp.
Company ID: 200147
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: P. O. Box 4444, Claypool, Az
Info Year: 1992

Production

Year: 1981
Description: Cement Copper-Leached From Dumps 345 Metric Tons Of Copper

Year: 1980
Description: Cement Copper-Leached From Dumps Only 253 Metric Tons Of Copper

Year: 1979
Description: Cement Copper-Leached From Dumps Only 534 Metric Tons Of Copper

Year: 1978
Description: Cement Copper-Leached From Dumps Only 1881 Metric Tons Of Copper

Year: 1977
Description: Cement Copper 2104 Metric Tons Of Copper

Year: 1976
Description: Cement Copper 3590 Metric Tons Of Copper

Year: 1975
Description: Cement Copper 4584 Metric Tons Of Copper

Year: 1974
Description: Cement Copper 4390 Metric Tons Of Copper

Year: 1973
Description: Cement Copper 3952 Metric Tons Of Copper

Year: 1972
Description: Cement Copper 4060 Metric Tons Of Copper

Year: 1971
Description: Cement Copper 4422 Metric Tons Of Copper

Year: 1970
Description: Cement Copper 6096 Metric Tons Of Copper

Year: 1969
Description: Cement Copper 3285 Metric Tons Of Copper

Year: 1968
Description: Cement Copper 337 Metric Tons Of Copper

Year: 1982
Description: Cement Copper-Leached From Dumps 713 Metric Tons Of Copper

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1968
Discovery Year: 1894
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Orebody

Structure

Alterations

Rocks

Analytical Data

Materials

Unknown: Tenorite

Unknown: Malachite

Unknown: Cuprite

Unknown: Chrysocolla

Unknown: Azurite

Comments

Comment Type:
Deposit

Comment: MILS NAM UPPER OX HIDE MINED OUT YFC PROPERTY VISITED BY R BAER & C PALENCIA, SEPT,1977 -PROPERTY SHUT DOWN AT THAT TIME. HOL PROPERTY ON UNPATENTED CLAIMS ON FOREST SERVICE LANDS. PATENT MINERAL SURVEYS HAVE BEEN MADE (MS 4693 & 4698), BUT NO APPLICATION FOR PATENT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED. LOC AIR PHOTOS OF LAYOUT IN FILE. ORIGINAL EVALUATION DONE SEPT 1978. UPDATE DONE SEPTEMBER 1983. UPDATED JULY 1987. UPDATED JUNE 1992. IN 1988, CYPRUS MINERALS CORP. PURCHASED THE INSPIRATION CONSOLIDATED COPPER COMPANY FROM ITS PARENT COMPANY, INSPIRATION RESOURCES CORP. FOR $125 MILLION, WHOSE ASSETS INCLUDED ALL THEIR COPPER PROPERTIES IN ARIZONA, THE SMELTER, AND THE COPPER ROD PLANT. THE OX HIDE PROPERTY IS NOW CONSOLIDATED INTO THE CYPRUS MIAMI PROPERTY FILE (SEQ NO 0040070008), BECAUSE THIS PROPERTY ALONG WITH THE BLUEBIRD PROPERTY (SEQ NO 0040070008) ARE NOW A SINGLE OPERATING MINE.

Comment Type:
Reserve-Resource

Comment: PROPERTY HAS BEEN ABSORBED INTO THE CYPRUS MIAMI (INSPIRATION) OPERATION.

References

Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: INSPIRATION CONSOLIDATED COPPER CO. ANNUAL REPORT 1981
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: (ORE & WASTE MINED, COPPER PRODUCED)
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: INSPIRATION CONSOLIDATED COPPER CO. ANNUAL REPORTS 1966-1981