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Copper Crown Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  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 10088891
MRDS ID M800332
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Crown Mine
Related records 10258878

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.60214, 34.33172 (WGS84)
Elevation 1305
Relative position 2.5 MILES SOUTH SOUTH WEST OF FIRE CLAY HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Walnut Grove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 011N;012N 003W 06;31 NE OF NE (06); SE OF SE (31) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UTM LOCATION MEASURED TO CENTER OF GROUP OF TWO SHAFTS AND TWO ADITS BESIDE AN INTERMITTENT STREAM ON THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN TOWNSHIP 11N AND 12N

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) Late to middle Miocene basaltic rocks
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Prallel Foliation Or Cross-Cut It At A Slight Angle
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Proterozoic Rocks Trends N40e To N50e

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 45NW
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 76.2M
    Width 48.77M
    Depth to bottom 48.77M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Igneous Activity

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTERZOIC SCHIST AND GRANODIORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1915
Year of first production 1941
Year of last production 1955

Mining district

District name Walnut Grove District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Solomon, John
    First year 1959

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 335.28M
    Overall depth 48.77M
    Overall length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 3 SHAFTS (40FT, 30FT, 160 FT), 1 RAISE (70 FT), AND 5 TUNNELS (300 FT, 250 FT, 80 FT, 50 FT, 100 FT)

Comments on development

  • 7 CLAIMS LONG; 3 TO 7 CLAIMS WIDE; LONG DIRECTION OF PROPERTY IS ORIENTED N50E

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS AT CONTACT OF GRANODIORITE AND SCHIST AND IS "COPPER PORPHYRY" TYPE
Deposit Discovery Year: 1910-1920'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

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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