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Copper Mountain Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Uranium, Gold
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027660
MRDS ID M003740
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Mountain Mine
Alternate or previous names Copper King

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.33551, 36.16889 (WGS84)
Elevation 1024
Relative position 50 MILES N OF PEACH SPRING, 3 MI. N OF COLORADO RIVER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whitmore Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Trumbull(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

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 032N 010W 14 W2 OF SW/4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH RIM OF GRAND CANYON. MAY EXTEND INTO SECTIONS 2 AND (OR) 3. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Uranium Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RADIOMETRIC SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND SAMPLING, 1953 .

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Supai Is Bleached, Redwall Limestone Below Is Cherty

Analytical data

Result U.S.A.E.C. SAMPLING: 14.1 %, 0.75 %, 0.54 %, 0.13 %, %EU3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Supai Formation
    Rock description Supai Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.33551, 36.16889
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Supai In Unconformable Contact With Redwall Limestone
Type of structure Local
Structure description Collapse Structure, 700 Ft Diameter, In Supai Formation

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, STRINGERS
    Strike NW
    Dip SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures Around Pipe Structures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1913
Year of last production 1974
Production years 1913 - 1918

Mining district

District name Copper Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Production statistics

  • Year 1913
    Material ORE AVG
    Description Ap_Grade: ^25 % Cu, $ 3.50 Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Copper Copper 25wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • 1913 PRODUCTION WAS ONE CARLOAD EVERY TWO MONTHS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 64.01M

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED J. WULFENSTEIN, CALVIN BARRINGTON, ARIZONA COPPER MOUNTAIN MINING COMPANY, FRANK COX (1937), ARIZONA AMERICAN COPPER, R.T. MCMASTERS (1917), STRIP COPPER INCORPORATED, COPPER KING MINING COMPANY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.M., 1914, THE GRAND GULCH MINING REGION, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 580 - D, P. 56.

  • Deposit

    PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA, 1952 - 1956: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION RME - 158 , 1970, P. 79.

  • Deposit

    ELSING, M.J., AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140, P. 96.

  • Deposit

    SCARBOROUGH, 1981, RADIOACTIVE OCCURRENCES AND PRODUCTION IN ARIZONA, ABGMT OPEN-FILE REPORT, MARCH, 1981.

  • Deposit

    USGS MR46.

  • Deposit

    USGS MIP-MR21.

  • Deposit

    MEEHAN, R.J., 1953.

  • Other Database

    DMEA

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    U.S.G.S. 580 - D, P. 56 ; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 140

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOLUTION BRECCIA PIPE.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D003604 OF J.W. HASLER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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