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Copper Canyon Mine

Past Producer in Coconino county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027186
MRDS ID M002408
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Canyon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.37493, 36.23584 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position IN COPPER CANYON, 1/2 MI. S OF COLORADO RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coconino(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Havasupai Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grand Canyon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grand Canyon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Grand Canyon(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Grand Canyon National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Coconino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Occurs In Vishnu Schist
    Rock description Occurs In Vishnu Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH & SWELL VEINS
    Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins Follow Pre-Cambrian Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NOBLE, L. F., 1914 , SHINUMO QUADRANGLE: USGS BULL. 549 , P. 93 - 96

  • Production

    REF. #1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Jones, Royce (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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