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Copper Cliff Mine

Producer in Greenlee 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. Alteration
  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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048291
MRDS ID M800421
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Cliff Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.39065, 33.10732 (WGS84)
Elevation 1823
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 1.5 MILES SW OF METCALF; 0.5 MILE SE OF CORONADO MINE., Used Blm District Sheet 840

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greenlee(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copperplate Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Francisco(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Greenlee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004S 029E 05,08 S2 OF SW (05); N2 OF NW (08) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • EITHER OF 2 ADITS IN SW CORNER OF SECTION 5; COPPER CLIFF CLAIMS EXTENDS SOUTHWARD INTO SECTION 8. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VEINS IN REGION CONTAIN CHRYSOCOLLA, MALACHITE, CHALCOCITE, CHALCOPYRITE, PYRITE, RARE AMOUNTS OF AZURITE

Alteration

  • (Local) Surface Oxidation To Unknown Depths

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Coronado Quartzite;Precambrian Granite Basement
    Rock description Coronado Quartzite;Precambrian Granite Basement
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.39065, 33.10732
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Side Of Prominent Quartzitic Ridge North Of Morenci; Ridge Forms The Divide Between Eagle Creek And Chase Creek Watersheds; Block Faulting South Of The Great Coronado Fissure With Downthrow Of 1200 Ft On Southern Side
Type of structure Local
Structure description Minor W-E Trending Faults; Locality Is Cut By Occasional Dikes Of Diabase And Porphyry

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne Trending Fissure Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • ON GENTLER SLOPES EAST AND SE OF CORONADO MASSIF, THE COARSE GRANULAR PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE IS GENERALLY DISINTEGRATED TO COARSE SAND OR LOOSELY COHERENT ROCK. THE MAJORITY OF DEPOSITS IN THIS REGION ARE FISSURE VEINS CONTAINING OXIDIZED COPPER ORES IN THEIR UPPER LEVELS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1915

Mining district

District name Copper Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Phelps Dodge Corp., Morenci Branch
    First year 1921

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED C. A. LENOX, KELLES COPPER CO, CORONADO MINING CO, ARIZONA COPPER CO LTD.; CLAIM PATENTED BY CORONADO MINING CO IN ADDITION TO ADJACENT CLAIMS OF TOPAZ, RUBY, EMERALD, GARNET BUTTERFLY, AND HUMPTY-DUMPTY; THESE CLAIMS ACQUIRED BY ARIZONA COPPER CO LTD IN 1921

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    BLM DISTRICT SHEET 840.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, CORONADO COPPER CO, ARIZONA COPPER CO LTD.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 43, P. 338-346.

  • Deposit

    BENNETT, K. C. 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, ARIZONA: M. S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 153 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO: GEOLOGICALLY SIMILAR CORONADO MINE; THE EMERALD CLAIM, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THE COPPER CLIFF CLAIM, CONTAINS ORE DEPOSITS SITUATED ALONG THE CONTACT BETWEEN GRANITE BASEMENT AND 80 FT WIDE PORPHYRITIC DIKE; ORE CONSISTS OF CHALCOCITE AND CARBONATE; VEIN STRIKES N72E AND DIPS 65S (SEE USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 43, PAGE 345) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-81 Calder, Susan R. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

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