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Copper Canyon Mines

Occurrence in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Lead, Zinc
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037090
MRDS ID M030376
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Canyon Mines
Alternate or previous names Copper Wonder 3-5, Great Canyon, Copper Canyon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.79523, 34.83892 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Relative position 25 MI SE OF YUCCA NEAR DELUGE WASH, N OF LEVIATHAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Diamond Joe Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bagdad(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Sandy(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(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 Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017N 014W 19 E2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Powellite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.79523, 34.83892
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Quartz Veins Broken As Movement Along Veins Continued With Additio Nal Molybdenite, Pyrite, And Chalcopyrite Deposited

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Diamond Joe District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. H. Smith
    Home office 14 N. Central Ave, Phoenix, Az.
    First year 1962

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT MIN RES, 1962, PHOENIX

  • Deposit

    BERGER, 1938, MIN JOUR, V. 22, NO. 6, P. 4,5,32

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030376 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. 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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