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Copper Bluff Mine

Producer in Greenlee county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum
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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 10088901
MRDS ID M800420
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Bluff Mine
Alternate or previous names Leszynsky Group Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.35343, 33.09204 (WGS84)
Elevation 1268
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 0.75 MILE NE OF CENTER OF MORENCI OPEN PIT., Used Usgs Professional Paper 43 (1905) And Blm District Sheet 839

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greenlee(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clifton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Francisco(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Greenlee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004S 029E 10,15 S2 OF SW (10); N2 OF NW (15) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ON EAST SIDE OF CHASE CREEK; ADJACENT TO HIGHWAY 666. ABOVE LOCATION COORDINATES DESCRIBE SE ADIT IN SW QUARTER OF SECTION 10. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Surface Oxidation To Unknown Depths

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Precambrian Granite Basement;Coronado Quartzite;Morenci Granite Porphyry
    Rock description Precambrian Granite Basement;Coronado Quartzite;Morenci Granite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 55.5
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.35343, 33.09204
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Major W-E Trending Fault And Fissure Vein System; Porphyry Dike Intrusions Associated With Morenci Porphyry Stock Intrustion
Type of structure Local
Structure description Quartz Veins With Well-Defined Walls, Generally Trending Ne

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Depth to bottom 121.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Well-Defined W-E Trending Fissure Vein Between Granite On The North And Quartzite On The South

Comments on the geologic information

  • FAULTING OCCURRED AFTER VEIN EMPLACEMENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1872
Discoverer Isaac Stevens
Year of first production 1916
Year of last production 1920

Mining district

District name Copper Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Phelps Dodge Corp., Morenci Branch

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED ONE 500 FT TUNNEL.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED JOHN CHRISTY; LESZYNSKY COPPER CO.; LESZYNSKY BROTHERS; UNITED STATES COPPER MINING CO; M. A. HANNA CO.; FROM YEARS 1916 TO 1920 JOHN CHRISTY LEASED PROPERTY FROM THE UNITED STATES MINING CO.; PROPERTY APPARENTLY IDLE BEFORE AND AFTER THESE DATES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    BLM DISTRICT MAP 839.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, UNDER UNITED STATES COPPER CO AND LESENSKY COPPER CO.

  • Deposit

    BENNETT, K. C., 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 153 P.

  • Deposit

    WEED, W. H., 1920, THE MINES HANDBOOK, V. XIV, P. 235, LESZYNSKY COPPER MINE.

  • Deposit

    MOOLICK, R. T. AND J. J. DUREK, 1966, THE MORENCI DISTRICT, IN S. R. TITLEY AND C. L. HICKS, GEOLOGY OF THE PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 43, 1905.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1 PATENTED CLAIM.
Deposit COPPER BLUFF CLAIM WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL LESZYNSKY GROUP CLAIMS. SEE ALSO LONGFELLOW MINE, MODOC CLAIM, EAST YANKIE MINE AND RYERSON SHAFT (ALL ORIGINAL LESZYNSKY GROUP MINES) FOR ADDITIONAL GEOLOGICAL INFORMATION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-81 Calder, Susan R. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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