Copper Glance Mine

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Iron, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027050
MRDS ID M001814
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Glance Mine
Alternate or previous names Corona Copper Co., Mammoth Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.76967, 34.05311 (WGS84)
Elevation 536
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 20 AIR MILES NW OF WENDEN., Estimated Location, +/- 0.1 Mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Butler Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alamo Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(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)

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 008N 015W 12 NE4 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Iron Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Silver Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.76967, 34.05311

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS
    Strike S52E
    Dip 60NE
    Width 0.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Occupies A Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Midway District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • ONE CARLOAD OF ORE HAS BEEN SHIPPED, WHICH IS REPORTED TO HAVE CARRIED 22 PER CENT COPPER AND FROM $4 TO $5 IN GOLD TO THE TON.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 57.91M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BANCROFT, H., 1911, ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 451, P. 121.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 163.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Production

    U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 451, P. 120

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NOT THE SAME AS MAMMOTH OR CHICAGO PROSPECTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-72 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-79 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-93 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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.