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Copper Squaw Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Uranium
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108960
MRDS ID M000026
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Squaw Mine
Alternate or previous names Andrade, Cooley, Luper
Related records 10231930

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.10461, 32.164 (WGS84)
Elevation 756
Relative position AT QUIJOTOA TRADING POST ALONG HIWAY 86

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gurli Put Vo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Rosa Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 014S 003E 31,36 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Uranophane Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result STOCKPILE SAMPLE 0.12 % EU3O8 , 2 CHIP SAMPLES FROM ORE BODY 0.76 AND 1.40 % U3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.10461, 32.164
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone Strikes N 50 E, 30 Nw Dip

Ore body information

  • General form SPOTTY
    Strike N 50 E
    Dip 30 NW
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Is In Breccia Of Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1948
Year of last production 1953

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 33.53M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 140 .

  • Deposit

    GRANGER, H. C., AND RAUP, R. B., 1962 , RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 1147 - A, P. 29 .

  • Deposit

    PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN PIMA AND PINAL COUNTIES, ARIZONA, 1950 TO 1957 : US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION RME - 159 , 1970 , P. 37 .

  • Production

    ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 140

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) 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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