| Deposit ID | 10039447 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M050093 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cobre Grande Mine. |
| Related records | 10161190 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.29234, 32.97649 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2012 |
| Relative position | 3.7 MI NE OF IMPERIAL MTN |
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)
Upper Gila-San Carlos Reservoir(hydrologic unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
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 | 21,22,27,28 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcanthite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Tenorite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Specularite | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| 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 | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Escabrosa Limestone Limestone, Dolomite.;Horquilla Limestone Pennsylvanian Limestone, Thin Shale Beds |
| Rock description | Escabrosa Limestone Limestone, Dolomite.;Horquilla Limestone Pennsylvanian Limestone, Thin Shale Beds |
| (1) | -110.29234, 32.97649 |
|---|
| 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. |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Faults. |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NNW |
| Dip | 85 SW |
| Width | 2.44M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1905 |
| Discoverer | Julius Riser And W.A. Clark |
| Year of first production | 1916 |
| Year of last production | 1957 |
| District name | Aravaipa District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Snell, Elliot, Fisk, And Alderman |
| Home office | Globe, AZ |
| First year | 1920 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 48.77M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M050093 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040090107 |
USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
1925 GEOLMAP ROSS, C.P. BULL. 763.
1958 DIREXPL DUVAL SULPHUR AND POTASH CO. BULLDOZING.
1964 GEOLMAP SIMONS, F.S. PROF. PAPER 461.
ROSS, 1925.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SEVERAL ZONES OF MINERALIZATION OCCUR. MORE THAN ONE VEIN. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1972 | Bergquist, Joel R. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1982 | Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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