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Copper Ox Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Manganese, Silver, Gold
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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. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046251
MRDS ID M241120
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Ox Mine
Alternate or previous names Copperrox, Barrett Group, Arizona Copper Syndicate of Providence, Copperrox Mng. Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.86204, 31.78707 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position APPROX. 4 MI. NW OF COURTLAND.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Turquoise Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Whitewater Draw(hydrologic unit)

Rio De Bavispe(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(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 019S 024E 13 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SEC. 13. UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MANGANESE SMELTER FLUX PRODUCED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Silver Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation In Upper 100 Ft

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.86204, 31.78707
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Limestone Thrusted Over Rhyolite, Fault Dips 40w, Limestone Dips 45e
Type of structure Local
Structure description One Fault N-S, Dip 65e, Other Faults E-W, With Steep Dips

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR BUNCHES AND LENSES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Irregular Bunches And Lenses Of Wad And Pyrolusite Along Faults And Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1915
Year of last production 1919

Mining district

District name Turquoise District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Arizona Copper Syndicate Of Providence, Copperrox Mng. Co.

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW TONS OF MANGANESE SMELTER FLUX PRODUCED.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND TUNNEL WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • 1919 IS LAST YEAR OF COPPER AND SILVER PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 81.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, 1927, ABM BULL 123

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE ALONG FAULTS AND FRACTURES IN SLIVERS OF LIMESTONE ALONG AND NEAR GRANITIC INTRUSIVE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1981 Gest, Don E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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