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Copper Hill Prospect.

Occurrence in Graham 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. 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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095424
MRDS ID M050067
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Hill Prospect.
Alternate or previous names Cu
Related records 10136933

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.43957, 32.76066 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 2 MILES ENE OF COPPER CREEK IN GALIURO MOUNTAINS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oak Grove Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(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 Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008S 019E 06 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COPPER MINERALS OCCUR AS FILMS AND AS SMALL PODS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Tenorite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Galiuro Volcanics Andesite
    Rock description Galiuro Volcanics Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.43957, 32.76066
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tertiary Block Faulting Trending Nnw ; Reg.Trends: Minor Pre-Cretaceous E & Ne Trending Folds & Major Post-Cretaceous Nnw Trending Faults.

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures In Andesite.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: COUNTRY ROCK IS GENTLY DIPPING PURPLE FINE-GRAINED VESICULAR OLIVINE ANDESITE. CUT BY FRACTURES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Aravaipa District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Leo L. Cook

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY NO PRODUCTION.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND OPENCUT, ADIT AND STOPE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 461

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP SIMONS, F.S., PROF. PAPER 461

  • Production

    SIMONS, F. S. 1964.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FRACTURE ZONE 4 TO 5 FT. WIDE CONTAINS SPARSE STRINGERS OF SUPERGENE COPPER MINERALS. A SECOND FRACTURE ZONE STRIKES N 50 W IS 2 TO 3 FT. WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1972 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey

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