| Deposit ID | 10039612 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M050491 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | C & H Mine Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Copper Alex, Copper Aleck, Black Horse, Nevada, Green Monument, Co Yote, Herring, Collins, Humpal |
| Related records | 10161931 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.71429, 31.93679 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1225 |
| Relative position | 7 MI NE OF HELVETIA |
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)
Federal lands
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Pima |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 017S | 016E | 21,28 | S OF CENTER (21) | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Tungsten Critical | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Powellite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | ASSAYS UP TO 10% CU. USBM SAMPLES: 0.13% WO3, 0.10% CU |
|---|---|
| Result | 0.20% WO3, 0.26% CU |
| Result | 0.076% WO3, 0.26% CU |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Gardner Canyon Formation Conglomerate;Glance Conglomerate |
| Rock description | Gardner Canyon Formation Conglomerate;Glance Conglomerate |
| (1) | -110.71429, 31.93679 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Nw Trending Shears Adjacent Granitics |
| General form | IRREGULAR, BEDDED |
|---|---|
| Strike | NW-NE |
| Dip | ENE |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Cuprite District |
|---|
| Year | 1900 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1880-1900 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | CU ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^3-5% Cu | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1955 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | W ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^1.23% Wo3 | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 30.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M050491 |
DALE, STEWART, & MCKINNEY, 1960, USBM RI 5650, P. 111-112
KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 124
SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582, P. 136-137
KEITH, 1974; USBM RI 56507
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | TACTITE |
| Deposit | THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050491 WITH RE CORD M800263 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1983 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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