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Mudersbach Copper Camp

Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Iron
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027049
MRDS ID M001809
Record type Site
Current site name Mudersbach Copper Camp
Alternate or previous names Excelsior Minee

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.05995, 33.80533 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Relative position 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOUSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ibex Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blythe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bouse Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(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 La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005N 017W 05 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • W CENTRAL SECTION 5.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Specularite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.05995, 33.80533
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, POCKETY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Central Plomosa District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1930
    Period 1900-1930
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^4.4 % Cu, 0.67 Oz Ag/Ton, 0.03 Oz Au/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 1g/mt
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 19g/mt
    Minor Ore Copper Copper 4wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ONE CARLOAD OF ORE HAS BEEN SHIPPED, WHICH THE OWNER REPORTS AVERAGED 10.4 % COPPER AND $1.00 IN GOLD PER TON

Comments on the workings information

  • THE DEVELOPMENT WORK DONE ON THE PROSPECT IS SMALL, CONSISTING OF A FEW SURFACE CUTS WITH TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS.

Comments on development

  • WORKED INTERMITTENTLY FROM EARLY 1900'S TRHOUGH 1930 ;PAST OPERATORS INCLUDE:EXCELSIOR GOLD AND COPPER CO.,RECORD MINES CO.,AND WILLIAMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BANCROFT, HOWLAND; 1911; ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: A.B.M. BULLETIN 451, P. 91

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 168

  • Production

    A.B.M. BULLETIN 451, P. 91. (8) KEITH, S.B., 1978, P. 168

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDIZED NEAR THE SURFACE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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