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Copper Glance Mine

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039587
MRDS ID M050379
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Glance Mine
Alternate or previous names Glance
Related records 10258946

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.05458, 31.89651 (WGS84)
Elevation 1052
Relative position 1/2 MILE SE OF TWIN BUTTES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twin Buttes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 018S 013E 06 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • N CENTRAL SECTION 6 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Slight Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.05458, 31.89651
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Fault Contact With Precambrian Granite. Some Mineralization Controlled By Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1916
Year of last production 1957

Mining district

District name Pima District

Production statistics

  • Year 1957
    Period 1905 - 1957
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^7 % Cu, 1 Oz Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 28g/mt
    Minor Ore Copper Copper 7wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED GLANCE MINING CO, AMURAN MINING CO, BANNER MINING CO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, R.L., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TWIN BUTTES DISTRICT: UNIV. ARIZ. MS THESIS.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189, P. 133.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ABM BULLETIN 189, P. 133.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SLIGHTLY OXIDIZED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1972 Theodore, Ted G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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