| Deposit ID | 10039611 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M050490 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cuprite Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Copper Collar, Marble Tap, Side Issue, Copper Top, Copper Vision, Copper Chief, Solo |
| Related records | 10137563 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.70957, 31.92818 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1266 |
| Relative position | 7 MI NE OF HELVETIA IN N END OF SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pima(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mount Fagan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Fort Huachuca(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Pima |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 017S | 016E | 28 | NW4 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Wollastonite | Gangue |
| Result | ORE AVERAGED 6% CU, ALSO 4 OZ/T AG, TRACES AU |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -110.70957, 31.92818 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | N45 E-45se And N35 W-35sw Tear Faults. Thrust Faulted And Frac Tured Block Adjacent Intrusive |
| General form | TABULAR, IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | 30 N&43 SE |
| Depth to top | 27.43M |
| Depth to bottom | 36.58M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1899 |
| Discoverer | Louis Ezekiel |
| District name | Helvetia-Rosemont District |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Louis Ezekiel And F.W. Fish |
| First year | 1915 |
| Year | 1915 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1889-1915 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^6% Cu, 0.6 Oz/T Ag | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | Dump | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1915 | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 213.36M |
| Overall depth | 36.58M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M050490 |
SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582, P. 134-136
CREASEY, S.C., 1973, FIELD EXAM
KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 125
FINNELL, 1971, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT
SCHRADER, 1915
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050490 WITH RE CORD M000930 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1983 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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