C & H Mine Group

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039612
MRDS ID M050491
Record type Site
Current site name C & H Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Copper Alex, Copper Aleck, Black Horse, Nevada, Green Monument, Co Yote, Herring, Collins, Humpal
Related records 10161931

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.71429, 31.93679 (WGS84)
Elevation 1225
Relative position 7 MI NE OF HELVETIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Fagan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017S 016E 21,28 S OF CENTER (21) Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Powellite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS UP TO 10% CU. USBM SAMPLES: 0.13% WO3, 0.10% CU
Result 0.20% WO3, 0.26% CU
Result 0.076% WO3, 0.26% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Gardner Canyon Formation Conglomerate;Glance Conglomerate
    Rock description Gardner Canyon Formation Conglomerate;Glance Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.71429, 31.93679

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-Nw Trending Shears Adjacent Granitics

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, BEDDED
    Strike NW-NE
    Dip ENE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Conglomerate And Faulted Limestone At Contact With Quart Z Monzonite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cuprite District

Production statistics

  • Year 1900
    Period 1880-1900
    Material CU ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^3-5% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Copper Copper 4wt-pct
  • Year 1955
    Material W ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^1.23% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS AND ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, STEWART, & MCKINNEY, 1960, USBM RI 5650, P. 111-112

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 124

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582, P. 136-137

  • Production

    KEITH, 1974; USBM RI 56507

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TACTITE
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050491 WITH RE CORD M800263 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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