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Copper Plate Mine

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silica, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10113401
MRDS ID M000168
MAS/MILS ID 0040190177
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Plate Mine
Alternate or previous names Coronado Nf Whetstone Unit
Related records 10026768

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -110.46287, 31.76793 (WGS84)
Elevation 1719
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Apache Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 019 S 018 E 24 C E2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Silica Primary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -110.46287, 31.76793
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1957

Mining district

District name Whetstone

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner International Mines
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1958

Production statistics

  • Year 1958
    Description 1.2% Cu, 0.6 Oz/St Au Ore 1600 St
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Gold Gold 19g/mt
    Trace Copper Copper 1wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1974, ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 189, P. 145.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A. L., 1958, ADMMR ENGINEERS REPORT, P. 1.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A. L., 1960, ADMMR ENGINEERS REPORT, P. 1.

  • Deposit

    MCCOLLY, R. A. AND SCOTT, D. C., 1982, USBM OFR MLA 192-82,

  • Deposit

    P. 6, 12.

  • Deposit

    CHATMAN, M. L., 1994, USBM OFR MLA 2-94, P. 10-11.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-JAN-1994 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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