Copper Dome Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048042
MRDS ID M800003
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Dome Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.19518, 34.39061 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 2.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MAYER, ARIZONA, Mils Location Only; Unconfirmed By Other Sources

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mayer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 012N 002E 30 W2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR POCAHONTAS MINE; MAY POSSIBLY BE PART OF POCAHONTAS OR LOCATED 0.25 MILES TO NORTH UTM COORDINATES FOR CENTER OF WESTERN HALF OF SECTION 30

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.19518, 34.39061

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY MAY BE SIMILAR TO POCAHONTAS MINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1968
Year of last production 1969

Mining district

District name Agua Fria District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Western Metals Co.
    First year 1969

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-81 Dewitt, Ed H. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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