Control Copper Property

The Control Copper Property is a copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,906 feet.

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Site Name

Primary: Control Copper Property
Secondary: Oracle Ridge
Secondary: Control
Secondary: Marble Peak

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Old Hat

Land Status

Land ownership: Mixed
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

Type: State Lease
Type: Private Lease
Type: Patented

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Continental Materials Corp, Chicago, Il
Percent: 30.00
Home Office: Illinois
Info Year: 1991
Years: 1991 -

Owner Name: Southern Copper Corp.
Percent: 70.00
Home Office: Vancouver, B. C., Canada
Info Year: 1991
Years: 1991 -

Owner Name: Oracle Ridge Mining Partners
Company ID: 200840
Home Office: Arizona
Info Year: 1991
Years: 1991 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Filled Stopes - Horiz Cut and Fill W/Waste Rock
Milling Method: Flotation
Year First Production: 1937
Discovery Year: 1900
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Bornite
Unknown: Garnet
Unknown: Epidote
Unknown: Covellite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Chalcocite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Biotite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): IRON IN ORE IS IN THE FORM OF MAGNETITE.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): RECORD 1 - RESERVES REPORTED AS PROVEN PLUS PROBABLE.

Comment (Economic Factors): HISTORY-SEVERAL CLAIMS PRODUCED COPPER IN THE AREA FROM 1937 TO 1946. THE NEW MINE UNDER DEVELOPMENT HAS NO ACCUMULATED PRODUCTION AS OF 1982. MILL BEGAN PRODUCING CONCENTRATES ON FEB 28, 1991 AND FIRST CONCENTRATE SHIPPED ON MARCH 4, 1991. THE ORACLE RIDGE CONCENTRATOR HAS THE FIRST ALL-COLUMN FLOTATION CIRCUIT INSTALLED IN NORTH AMERICA.

Comment (Production): HISTORY-SEVERAL CLAIMS PRODUCED COPPER IN THE AREA FROM 1937 TO 1946. THE NEW MINE UNDER DEVELOPMENT HAS NO ACCUMULATED PRODUCTION AS OF 1982. MILL BEGAN PRODUCING CONCENTRATES ON FEB 28, 1991 AND FIRST CONCENTRATE SHIPPED ON MARCH 4, 1991.

Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY UPDATED JUN 1991. MOST INFORMATION USED TO UPDATE PROPERTY PROVIDED BY SOUTH ATLANTIC VENTURES LTD. DURING VISIT TO PROPERTY & BY PHONE CONVERSATION. MSHA.DBF PROPERTY/COMPANY #0200840 - ORACLE RIDGE MINE, (SAME MILS MINES I.D. #) IS LOCATED IN PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA, NOT PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA, AS THIS PROPERTY IS. THE MILS RES_ID # 0200414, DID NOT HAVE A CORESPONDING MSHA.DBF #. THE #0200840 PROBOBLY IS MSHA.DBF COMPANY # FOR ORACLE RIDGE MINING PARTNERS. THIS CHANGE WAS REFLECTED IN THE MAS OWNERSHIP TABLE.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): M1C1=R2. M1C2=R1. M2C1=R3. STOCKPILED ORE PROCESSED IN 1991. SOUTH ATLANTIC VENTURES LTD. 1990 ANN. REPT. PP. 2-3. SOUTH ATLANTIC VENTURES 1989 ANN REPT STATES 10-30% MAGNETITE IN ORE (P. 5). M9C4=M1C1. M9C5=M1C2. M9C6=M2C1.

Comment (Ownership): OWNER: SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION (70%) (FORMERLY NAMED SOUTH ATLANIC VENTURES) CONTINENTAL MATERIALS INC. (30%)

References

Reference (Reserve-Resource): E/MJ-APRIL 1975 P 170.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): SOUTHERN COPPER COMPANY 1993 ANN. REPT, P. 2. (FORMERLY

Reference (Reserve-Resource): KNOWN AS SOUTH ATLANTIC VENTURES CORP.)

Reference (Geology): BRAUN, ERIC.,1969, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MARBLE

Reference (Geology): PEAK AREA SANTA CATALINA MTNS,PIMA COUNTY,ARIZ: MASTER'S

Reference (Geology): THESIS,UNIV. OF ARIZ. (GEOLOGY,HISTORY).

Reference (Geology): LEHNER,R.E.,1973,FIELD ENGINEERS REPORT ON CONTROL MINE:

Reference (Geology): ARIZ. DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES. (GEOLOGY).

Reference (Deposit): E/MJ, JUNE 1974, P.212 (EXPL.,MINING)

Reference (Production): PAY DIRT,MARCH 24,1975 (TAILINGS DISPOSAL,RESERVES).

Reference (Production): PAY DIRT ((ARIZONA) 5/78 P.24) (CONCENTRATOR)

Reference (Ownership): ROSCOE,JOHN G,1971,STATEMENT BEFORE THE IMPACT SURVEY TEAM

Reference (Ownership): OF THE CATALINA MULTIPLE USE PLAN BY CONTINENTAL COPPER,

Reference (Ownership): INC. (OWNERSHIP,ENVIRONMENT).

Reference (Deposit): RESUMING, APRIL 1980, P. 24.

Reference (Deposit): NEW MEXICO PAY DIRT, MAY 1979, P. 56.

Reference (Deposit): CONTINENTAL MATERIALS CORPORATION, 1981 ANNUAL REPORT P 7.

Reference (Deposit): THE FOLLOWING REFERENCES WERE USED IN THE UPDATED

Reference (Deposit): EVALUATION OF THE PROPERTY IN 1991

Reference (Deposit): MCCLEAN, S. SOUTH ATLANTIC VENTURES BRINGS NEW MILL ON

Reference (Deposit): LINE. PAYDIRT MAG. (SW ED.), APR 1991, PP. 4A-8A.

Reference (Deposit): SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW. SOUTH ATLANTIC ORACLE RIDGE

Reference (Deposit): STARTS PRODUCTION. NOV. 10, 1990, P. 11.

Reference (Deposit): SOUTH ATLANTIC VENTURES LTD 1988-1990 ANN. REPORTS.

Reference (Deposit): WALENGA, K. SOUTH ATLANTIC TO BEGIN PRODUCTION THIS

Reference (Deposit): SUMMER. PAYDIRT MAG. (SW ED.), MAY 1990, PP. 4A-5A.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): THE MINING RECORD. SANTA CATALINA UPGRADES ORE RESERVES AT

Reference (Reserve-Resource): ORACLE RIDGE MINE. JAN. 29, 1995. P. 5.

Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA PAY DIRT. ORACLE RIDGE FEASIBILITY STUDIES ARE

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