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Copper Giant Prospect

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Quartz, Beryllium
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027646
MRDS ID M003668
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Giant Prospect
Alternate or previous names Copper King

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.61912, 35.34085 (WGS84)
Elevation 1542
Relative position 6.5 MILES E OF HACKBERRY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valentine SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Valentine(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Williams(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Red Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023N 013W 36;25 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Quartz Tertiary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 2-3% CU, 0.10-0.13 OZ. AU/TON, 0.45-0.60 OZ. AG/TON

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.61912, 35.34085
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years TO SEPT. 1943

Mining district

District name Cottonwood District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASDMR FILES

  • Deposit

    MINING WORLD, AUGUST 1961 , P. 49

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    MINING WORLD, AUG. 1961 , P. 49

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1993 Orris, Greta J. 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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