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Arizona Commercial Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046316
MRDS ID M241222
Record type Site
Current site name Arizona Commercial Mine
Alternate or previous names Copper Hill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.75875, 33.4323 (WGS84)
Elevation 1237
Relative position ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH SOUTH WEST OF BLACK PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Globe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Carlos(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001N 015E 15 SW OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR THE COPPER HILL MINE SHAFT; EUREKA SHAFT IS ABOUT 1 MILE NE OF THE COPPER HILL ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Silica Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Troy Quartzite;Apache Group;Pinal Schist
    Rock description Troy Quartzite;Apache Group;Pinal Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.75875, 33.4323
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ene Trending Copper Hill Vein, An Extension Of The Old Dominion Vein.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Many Small Parallel Ene Trending Faults In Quartzite. Diabase Sill At Mine Intrudes At The Base Of The Troy Quartzite

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N50E
    Dip 15SW
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 457.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ene Trending Copper Hill Vein, An Extension Of The Old Dominion Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH POST-DIABASE FAULTING AND INTRUSTION, EARLY TERTIARY. BUDGET FAULT HAS POST-MINERALIZATION DISPLACEMENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1905
Year of last production 1979

Mining district

District name Globe Hills District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Moores, E. M.
    First year 1961
  • Type Owner
    Owner Miami Copper Co. Present)
    First year 1940

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 1524M
    Overall depth 670.56M

Comments on the workings information

  • RECENT WORK BEING DONE ON A SMALL OPEN PIT ON COPPER HILL GROUP; MAIN OLDER WORKING ARE ALSO ON COPPER HILL GROUP INCLUDING SHAFT NO. 1 (2200 FT DEEP WITH DRIFTING AT 1900, 2000, 2100 FT AND EXTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT AT 10, 12, 14, 15, AND 16 LEVELS

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS: THE COPPER HILL GROUP (SOUTHWEST OF THE IRON CAP PROPERTY) AND THE EUREKA GROUP (NORTHEAST OF THE IRON CAP PROPERTY); PREVIOUS OWNERS/OPERATORS INCLUDE ARIZONA COMMERCIAL CO. (OWNER OF COPPER HILL GROUP BEFORE 1905), MATAMORA CO. (OWNER OF PART OF THE EUREKA GROUP INCLUDING BLACK HAWK SHAFT PRIOR TO 1905), ARIZONA COMMERCIAL COPPER CO. (1905-1910), ARIZONA COMMERCIAL MINING CO. (1912-1930), OLD DOMINION CO. (1930-1940), CHARLIE NICHOLS, WEDEBRAND AND STROBE, FRED CLEMO, CLEM AND PERRY, RACINE, BROCKWAY, H. N. KINSEY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 342, P. 104-106

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F. L., GEOLOGY OF THE GLOBE COPPER DISTRICT, AZ, USGS PP 12, 1903, P. 154

  • Deposit

    TENNEY, J. B., HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA, 1927-1929, P

  • Deposit

    NEALE, W. G., THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XVII, 1926, P. 208-210

  • Deposit

    AZ MINING JOURNAL, NOV 1919, P. 41; MAY 1, 1922, P. 22-23

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT ON COPPER HILL CLAIMS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE OLD DOMINION VEIN ALONG NUMEROUS SHORT FAULTS BOUNDED BY N-S TRENDING FAULTS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Roth, Frances A. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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