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A Mo-Cu-Ag-Au-Pb-Zn-As-Sb-Bi mine located in the W½ sec. 11, T.8S., R.18E. (Oak Grove Canyon 7.5 minute topo map), in the Copper Creek Canyon, East of the town of Mammoth. Discovered in 1883 by Aldwinkle and grubstaked by Childs. Owned by the Arizona Molybdenum Corp. (1933-1938). Also known as / designated: The Calumet and Arizona Mining Co. property; Arizona Molybdenum Corp. property; Table Mountain Copper Co. property; Patented claims MS 3263; Minnesota-Arizona Copper Co. property; and the Copper Creek project (in part).
The orebody is a breccia pipe. The ore minerals are confined to the cementing material where they occur as disseminations and lining of fractures. The ore body is funnel-shaped and tapering downward. Ore control was a breccia pipe at fault and fracture intersections. Alteration was sericitic, chloritic, tourmaline, silicification and oxidation to iron oxides in the outcrop. Associated rock unit is the Copper Creek granodiorite, a porphyritic biotite granodiorite. Area structures include Tertiary block faulting trending NNW and the breccia pipe in strong E-W vertical faults and fractures with N60°E and N70°W strikes.
Workings were to the 850 level (1938). Production was 6,454,321 pounds of MoS (1933-July, 1938), 5,519,140 pounds of Cu, 19,167 oz. Ag, and 4730 oz. Au.
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