| Deposit ID | 10039433 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M050075 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Copper Bar Prospect. |
| Alternate or previous names | Royal Tinto Mining and Smelting Co Group. |
| Related records | 10186569 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.31984, 32.95343 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1509 |
| Relative position | 1.5 MI NE OF IMPERIAL MTN, IN COPPER CANYON (NORTH SIDE) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Graham(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cobre Grande Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)
San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)
Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
Coronado National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Graham |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 005S | 020E | 32 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Specularite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | 68 My/Copper Creek Granodiorite | ||||||||
| Rock description | 68 My/Copper Creek Granodiorite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
| Rock unit name | Pinal Schist Schist, Metavolcanics |
| Rock description | Pinal Schist Schist, Metavolcanics |
| (1) | Early Proterozoic metamorphic rocks |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Minor Pre-Cretaceous E And Ne Trending Folds And Major Post-Cretaceous Nnw Trending Faults. |
| Width | 9.14M |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1902 |
| District name | Aravaipa District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Year | 1902 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | ORE CU | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^29.7 % Cu | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 100M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M050075 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040090110 |
1925 GEOLMAP ROSS, C.P. BULL. 763.
1964 GEOLMAP SIMONS, F.S. PROF. PAPER 461.
SIMONS 1964.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1972 | Bergquist, Joel R. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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