Cleopatra Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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. 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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088890
MRDS ID M800329
Record type Site
Current site name Cleopatra Mine
Alternate or previous names Cleopatra Group
Related records 10235069

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.11741, 34.74421 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 0.6 MILES SW OF JEROME, ARIZONA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cottonwood(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Verde(hydrologic unit)

Verde(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(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 016N 00IE 27 NE OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN BOTTOM OF HULL CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization, Sericitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1820
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1820
    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 Deception Rhyolite And Cleopatra Quartz Prophyry Member Of Deception Rhyolite
    Rock description Deception Rhyolite And Cleopatra Quartz Prophyry Member Of Deception Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1820
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.11741, 34.74421

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N10w To N40w
Type of structure Local
Structure description Massiv E Sulfide Lenses Elongate Parallel To Bedding In Metavolcanic Rocks

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N15
    Dip STEEPLY EAST
    Depth to bottom 243.84M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphy, Igneous Activity

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS MASSIVE SULFIDE LENS IN METARHYOLITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1958
Year of last production 1959

Mining district

District name Verde District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cleopatra And Hull Copper Co./Phelps Dodge Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.224HA
    Length 975.36M
    Overall length 975.36M
    Overall width 2.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • PRINCIPAL ADIT, DILLON TUNNEL, CONNECTS TO THE NORTH WITH THE UNITED VERDE 500 LEVEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT FILE DATA (CLIPPINGS FILE)

  • Deposit

    USGS PP308 P.154

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 782, P.95

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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