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Cornucopia Mine

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum
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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. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027883
MRDS ID M004333
Record type Site
Current site name Cornucopia Mine
Related records 10283679

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.37157, 34.25838 (WGS84)
Elevation 1753
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position W SIDE OF TUSCUMBIA MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Battle Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 011N 001W 33 N OF CENTER Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1964

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Molybdenum Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Molybdenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    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) -112.37157, 34.25838
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S
    Dip W
    Width 0.46M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Parallel To Buster Vein

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Prescott National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner M. Roland
    First year 1926

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 106.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • 350 FT TUNNEL FOLLOWS VEIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON ET AL, 1967, ABM BULL 137.

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, 1926, USGS BULL 782.

  • Deposit

    ABM FILE DATA.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M004333 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. THIS MAY BE SAME CORNUCOPI A MINE AS RECORD M800333 ALTHOUGH LOCATIONS GIVEN ARE DIFFERENT AND GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTIONS VARY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-83 Peterson, Jocelyn A. 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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