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Copperville Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027674
MRDS ID M003787
Record type Site
Current site name Copperville Mine
Alternate or previous names Siamese Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.81329, 34.85892 (WGS84)
Elevation 1426
Relative position 19 MILES E OF YUCCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Diamond Joe Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bagdad(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Sandy(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(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 017N 015W 13 Arizona

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE ASSAYS: 5.01 OZ. AG/TON, 0.01 OZ AU/TON, 2.6 % PB, 4.3 % ZN, 0.25 % CU (ASDMR FILES)
Result 14 OZ AG/TON, 9 % PB, 4 % CU (USGS BULL. 397 ).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.81329, 34.85892
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 3218.6M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Diamond Joe District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1909 , MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND THE GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 397 , P. 141

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-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.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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