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Copper Glance Mine

Occurrence in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039652
MRDS ID M050576
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Glance Mine
Alternate or previous names Copper Grantz Mine
Related records 10161640

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.30597, 31.93512 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stevens Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(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 17S 10E 22 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Quartz-Sericite-Pyrite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Angelica Formation
    Rock description Angelica Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.30597, 31.93512
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N5E
    Dip DIP 80

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Papago District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRIEGER,M.H.,1973,FIELD EXAM.

  • Deposit

    PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN PIMA AND PINAL COUNTIES; US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION RME-159 , P. 26 .

  • Other Database

    DMEA

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ SERICITE-CHLORITE-CARBONATE VEINS.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS INFO FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D003269 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1973 Krieger, Medora H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1978 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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