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Copper Giant Mine

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Tungsten
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039465
MRDS ID M050122
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Giant Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.48624, 32.75899 (WGS84)
Elevation 1295
Relative position 0.8 MILES NW OF COPPER CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oak Grove Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008S 018E 03 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SIGNIFICANCE OF TUNGSTEN UNKNOWN. NO HYPOGENE MINERALS SEEN.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Wolframite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Glory Hole Volcanics
    Rock description Glory Hole Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Glory Hole Volcanics
    Rock description Glory Hole Volcanics
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.48624, 32.75899
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Minor Pre-Cretaceous E And Ne Trending Folds And Major Post-Cretaceous Nnw Trending Faults.

Ore body information

  • General form BOOMERANG SHAPED
    Length 304.8M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Pipe

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PIPE IS LOCATED ON CONTACT BETWEEN GRANODIORITE AND HORNFELS DERIVED FROM GLORY HOLE VOLCANICS. ANGULAR TO ROUNDED BRECCIA FRAGMENTS. COPPER STAIN AND PYRITE ARE TERSTITIAL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bunker Hill District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHORT ADITS AND A WINZE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, F.S. 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 461.

  • Deposit

    WEED, W. H., 1913, MINING AND ENG. WORLD, V. 38, P. 375-378.

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP SIMONS, F.S. PROF. PAPER 461

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    SIMONS, F.S. 1964.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PIPE IS BOOMERANG SHAPED, WITH EACH WING ABOUT 500 FT. LONG. PLATY STRUCTURE IN BRECCIA DIPS 10-20 SW.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1981 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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