Copper World

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098710
MRDS ID MP90001
Record type Site
Current site name Copper World

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.92083, 34.90972 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE ANTLER DEPOSIT ALONG MACKENZIE WASH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wabayuma Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bagdad(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sacramento Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Chert Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermally Altered Footwall Zones (Chloritic Core, Sericitic Outer Zones); Cordierite, Anthophyllite, Almandine Garnet, Magnetite, And Biotite

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mesoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mesoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Yavapai Series
    Rock description Yavapai Series

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.92083, 34.90972

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Two Periods Of Folding; The Latest Period Characterized By Isoclinal Folding By Passive Slip Deformation

Ore body information

  • Name COPPER WORLD
    General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Strata Massive Sulfide Occurences In Submarine Volcanic And Volcaniclastic Rocks

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE WAS DEPOSITED DURING THE WANING STAGES OF VOLCANISM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eureka

Production statistics

  • Year 1959
    Period 1944-1959
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^3.55% Cu, 10.29% Zn, 0.66 Oz/St Ag, 0.0017 Oz/St Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 0g/mt
    Ore Silver Silver 19g/mt
    Minor Ore Zinc Zinc 10wt-pct
    Ore Copper Copper 4wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STENSRUD, H.L., AND MORE, S. W., 1980, PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND MASSIVE SULFIDE ENVIRONMENTS OF THE WEST-CENTRAL HAULAPAI MOUNTAINS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA--A PRELIMINARY REPORT: ARIZONA GEOL. SOC. DIGEST, V. 12, P. 155-165.

  • Deposit

    DONNELLY, M.E., AND CONWAY, C.M., 1988, METALLOGENIC MAP OF VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE-SULFIDE OCCURRENCES IN ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1853-B, SCALE 1:1,000,000.

  • Deposit

    MORE, S. W., 1980, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE ANTLER MINE AND VICINITY, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: UNPUBLISHED MASTERS THESIS, TUCSON, UNIV. OF ARIZONA, 149 P

  • Production

    DONNELY, 1988

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COARSE-GRAINED SULFIDES ARE ENMESHED WITH SILICATES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-JUL-1995 Sachiko Tanikawa U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.