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Copper Hill Mine

Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodity Silica
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062117
MRDS ID TC35374
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Moore's Silica
Related records 10282824

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.80986, 33.43452 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 1.4 MI N OF CENTRAL HEIGHTS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

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Globe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001N 015E 15 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECT SYMBOL IN NE/4.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore
Quartzite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Troy Quartzite
    Rock description Troy Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.80986, 33.43452
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kesson And Kesson
    First year 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL FILES.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, 1989, DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE MINES IN ARIZONA, INCORPORATING SAND AND GRAVE OPERATIONS - 1989-1990: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 36, 14 P.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., BEARD, R.R., NIEMUTH, N.J., AND BAIN, D.R., 1991, ACTIVE MINES IN ARIZONA--1992: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 39, 20 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD TC35418 OF M. CARBONARO WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1992 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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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