| Deposit ID | 10102428 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M001787 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Copper Reef Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Coronado Group, North Star |
| Related records | 10113129 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.41512, 33.05621 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1158 |
| Relative position | 7 MILES NW OF ARAVAIPA. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Graham(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Rawhide Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Graham |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 004S | 019E | 28,29 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Hematite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | ORE AVERAGED 5.4 % CU. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -110.41512, 33.05621 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 50 W |
| Dip | 30 SW |
| Width | 2.13M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 731.52M |
| Overall depth | 224.03M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M001787 |
ROSS, C. P., 1925 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ARAVAIPA AND STANLEY MINING DIOXIETS, GRAHAM COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 763 , P. 111 - 112 .
PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.
PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | NUMEROUS SMALL OCCURRENCES OF BARITE WITH LESSER FLUORITE, COMMONLY ALONG BEDDING PLANES IN LIMESTONE. |
| Deposit | PROPERTY INCLUDES 125 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1979 | Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1992 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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