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Copper Glance Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046246
MRDS ID M241114
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Glance Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.89287, 31.41292 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position APPROX. 1/2 MI. W OF WARREN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bisbee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023S 024E 22 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • S CENTRAL SEC. 22. UTM EST. THE WORKINGS ARE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD A SHORT DISTANCE SE OF THE GALENA SHAFT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gossan With Mn And Fe Oxides Induced By Hydrothermal Metamorphism

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Jurassic
    Chronological age 170.5
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Naco Limestone Group
    Rock description Naco Limestone Group

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Pre-Mineralization Faulting And Tilting Common
Type of structure Local
Structure description Main Fault Directions, N10w To N40e, S30w To N50w, Pre-Mineralization

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N25E
    Dip NW
    Thickness 18.29M
    Length 121.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Bodies Near Dikes And Sills, And Faulting And Associated Brecciation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Warren District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF MANGANESE ORE PRODUCED DURING WORLD WAR I.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW OPEN CUT ABOUT 25 FT LONG; ALSO TWO MORE SHALLOW CUTS ABOUT 75 FT APART. LARGEST OPEN CUT, 60 FT LONG, 3-6 FT WIDE, AND 10 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 86.

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, USBM IC 7990, P. 18-19

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HARD MANGANESE OXIDES, MINOR COPPER MINERALIZATION, AND SOME MANGANIFEROUS CALCITE IN NARROW, ELONGATED LENSES AND IRREGULAR MASSES ALONG FISSURE ZONES IN PENN-PERM LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1982 Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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