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Copper Top Mine

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027065
MRDS ID M001883
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Top Mine
Related records 10210856

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.98712, 33.8234 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 1.2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GO JOHN MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cave Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Theodore Roosevelt Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 006N 004E 31 NW OF SW OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.98712, 33.8234
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1904

Mining district

District name Cave Creek District

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. D. Marlar
    First year 1904

Comments on the production information

  • $10,000 IN GOLD

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS, 100 AND 300 FEET DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES CARD FILE.

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 140.

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 137, P. 164.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1981 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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