Cleopatra Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027683
MRDS ID M003817
Record type Site
Current site name Cleopatra Mine
Related records 10258908

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.72578, 34.31976 (WGS84)
Elevation 634
Relative position 54 MILES S OF YUCCA, 12 MILES S OF SIGNAL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rawhide Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alamo Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bill Williams(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 011N 014W 04 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore

Analytical data

Result 2 % CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.72578, 34.31976

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6.1M
    Length 365.76M
    Width 182.88M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years PRIOR TO 1944

Mining district

District name Artillery Peak District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • 200 TONS PER DAY IN 1944

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA STATE DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILES

  • Production

    U.S.B.M.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FILE REFERENCES ONLY, NO PUBLISHED LITERATURE FOUND. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 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.

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.