Copper Creek Project

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10113863
MRDS ID TC38976
MAS/MILS ID 0040210256
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Creek Project
Alternate or previous names Copper Prince, Childs Aldwinkel, Old Reliable, American Eagle
Related records 60001349

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.47708, 32.7507 (WGS84)
Elevation 1166
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008 S 018 E 11 C Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Early Tertiary to Late Cretaceous volcanic rocks

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Amt International Mining Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1997
  • Type Operator
    Owner Newmont
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1970
  • Type Operator
    Owner Magma Copper Co.
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1967

Comments on the ownership information

  • 5-97:DRILLING AND GRADE MODELING ARE CONTINUING ON THE PROPERTY AND THE CU RESOURCE IS 3 BILLION LBS. GRADE RANGES FROM .8 TO 1%. AMT WILL COMPLETE A FEASIBILITY STUDY BY 2-98 TO EARN A 50% UNDIVIDED WORKING INTEREST FROM BHP. AMT IS EARNING A 51% WORKING INTEREST FROM PHELPS DODGE BY SPENDING $3.5 MILL ON EXPLORATION OVER A 4 YEAR PERIOD. CURRENTLY, AMT CONTROLS 1800 ACRES AND HAS THE RIGHT TO EARN-IN TO AN ADDITIONAL 2200 ACRES IN SEPARATE AGREEMENTS WITH BHP AND PHELPS DODGE. AS OF 1996, AMT INTERNATIONAL MINING CORP. SEEMS TO OWN THE PROJECT, BUT THIS HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED. AMT CONTROLS 1800 ACRES & HAS RIGHT TO EARN-IN ON AN ADDITIONAL 2200 ACRES IN SEPARATE AGREEMENTS WITH BHP & PHELPS DODGE AS OF MAY, 1997.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AMERICAN EAGLE RESERVES STATED IN A DEC. 1996 PRESS RELEASE ARE 76.6 MILLION TONS OF 0.8 PERCENT COPPER (DRILL INDICATED)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    THE MINING RECORD, "COPPER RESERVES EXPANDED AT ARIZONA

  • Ownership

    PROPERTIES", VOL. 108, #8, 2/19/97, P1.

  • Deposit

    USGS OAK GROVE CANYON QUAD

  • Deposit

    ADMR COPPER CREEK PROJECT FILE

  • Deposit

    HICKS,CLIFFORD J MO OCCURENCES IN AZ ADMR 1979 P 21

  • Deposit

    AMT INTERNATIONAL MINING CORP. PRESS RELEASE, 12-10-96.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL. 108, #19, MAY 7, P3.

  • Deposit

    SOUTHWESTERN PAYDIRT, N694, APRIL, 1997, P10.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 10-7-96, P.264.

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER, 12-2-96, P.B12.

  • Deposit

    AMT INTERNATIONAL MINING CORP. PRESS RELEASE FROM NEWSMINE,

  • Deposit

    1-16-97.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 5-97:DRILLING AND GRADE MODELING ARE CONTINUING ON THE PROPERTY AND THE CU RESOURCE IS 3 BILLION LBS. GRADE RANGES FROM .8 TO 1%. AMT WILL COMPLETE A FEASIBILITY STUDY BY 2-98 TO EARN A 50% UNDIVIDED WORKING INTEREST FROM BHP. AMT IS EARNING A 51% WORKING INTEREST FROM PHELPS DODGE BY SPENDING $3.5 MILL ON EXPLORATION OVER A 4 YEAR PERIOD. CURRENTLY, AMT CONTROLS 1800 ACRES AND HAS THE RIGHT TO EARN-IN TO AN ADDITIONAL 2200 ACRES IN SEPARATE AGREEMENTS WITH BHP AND PHELPS DODGE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-MAY-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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