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Copper Glance Mine

Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109614
MRDS ID M050504
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Glance Mine
Alternate or previous names Mandotta, Silver King, Smuggler, Huachuca Queen
Related records 10112541

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.35899, 31.4207 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MI. S OF EXTREME SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF FT. HUACHUCA MILITARY RESERVATION.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miller Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Miller Peak Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
23S;23S 19E;20E 24;19 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Glance Conglomerate
    Rock description Glance Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.35899, 31.4207
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form FRACTURES
    Strike N20-30E
    Dip STEEP NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE ALONG FRACTURES IN STEEPLY TILTED ANDESITE VOLCANICS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1913
Year of last production 1918

Mining district

District name Hartford District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF ORE PRODUCED IN THE EARLY 1900'S AND FROM 1913 TO 1915.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELSING & HEINEMAN, 1936 - ABM BULL. 140

  • Deposit

    CREASEY,S.C,1973

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, 1973, P. 65.

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1972 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey

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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