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Mary Copper Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead
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Sections on this page
  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048046
MRDS ID M800010
Record type Site
Current site name Mary Copper Mine
Related records 10137390

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.27074, 34.43338 (WGS84)
Elevation 1417
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position Mils Location Data, Mils Location Data

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poland Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 012N 001E 08 SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • APPROXIMATE LOCATION FROM MILS AND AZ DEPT OF MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Iron King Volcanics
    Rock description Iron King Volcanics
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.27074, 34.43338
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Comments on the geologic information

  • UNKNOWN DEPOSIT TYPE - METAL RATIOS (ESPECIALLY HIGH GOLD) SUGGEST POSSIBLE TERTIARY AGE, BUT MAY BE PRECAMBRIAN MASSIVE SULFIDE. AT DEPOSIT SITE OUTCROP COVERED BY GRAVEL AND ALLUVIUM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1931
Year of last production 1937

Mining district

District name Big Bug District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Terrell Family, Mayer, Arizona (1940'S)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1336, GEOL MAPS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-81 Dewitt, Ed H. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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