Copper Mountain

Prospect in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10162254
MRDS ID TC35429
MAS/MILS ID 0040190476
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Mountain
Related records 10062146

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -112.73763, 32.09341 (WGS84)
Elevation 634
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Ajo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Cristobal Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument(National Monument)

National Monument NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 015 S 005 W 25 C N2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -112.73763, 32.09341

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Monument

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Knox-Arizona Copper Mining Co
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZ BUR MINES FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

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.