Copper King Mine (Copper Bullion Mine; Solid Copper Mine), Copper King Mountain, Greenlee County, Arizona, USAi
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Copper King Mine (Copper Bullion Mine; Solid Copper Mine) | Mine |
Copper King Mountain | Mountain |
Greenlee County | County |
Arizona | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 6' 51'' North , 109° 19' 45'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
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Mindat Locality ID:
46948
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:46948:2
GUID (UUID V4):
de7f39cb-307c-490c-9542-5d54caa1cf41
A former underground Cu-Ag-Au mine located on 2 patented claims (Solid Copper and Copper Bullion), in the SW¼ sec. 2, T4S, R29E, about 2 miles East of the Metcalf site, in the Copper King Mountain area, on private land. Situated near Rocky Gulch, SE of Copper King Mountain; about 200 feet below the summit of Copper King Mountain on its SE slope. Discovered by the New England Mining Co. Produced 1906-1910. Owned by the Phelps Dodge Corp., Morenci Branch. Past operators included the New England and Clifton Consolidated Copper Co; and the Detroit Copper Mining Co. of Arizona.
Mineralization is a tabular ore body associated with Morenci Granite Porphyry. The ore zone is 121.92 meters long and 2.44 meters wide, striking NE and dipping 70-76 NW. Ore control was a NE-trending fissure. The concentration process was surface leaching of carbonate ores. Alteration is oxidation to 300 feet of depth.
Local structures include block faulting with a prominent fault trending NE of the SE side of Copper King Mountain, and NE-trending granite porphyry dikes.
Tectonic component is Cpper King Mountain and the transition zone between the Basin and Range and Colorado Plateau Provinces.
Ore assays at $1 to $4 of Au per ton (period values).
Workings are 1066.8 meters long and 243.84 meters deep. The length of workings was estimated; 2 shafts. Description applies to the West shoot; the North shoot was undeveloped at the time of the latest MRDS data.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
3 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Chalcocite Formula: Cu2S |
ⓘ Orthoclase Formula: K(AlSi3O8) |
ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | Chalcocite | 2.BA.05 | Cu2S |
ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
ⓘ | Orthoclase | 9.FA.30 | K(AlSi3O8) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
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O | ⓘ Orthoclase | K(AlSi3O8) |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | ⓘ Orthoclase | K(AlSi3O8) |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Orthoclase | K(AlSi3O8) |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
K | Potassium | |
K | ⓘ Orthoclase | K(AlSi3O8) |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10048128 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mazatzal DomainDomain
USA
- Arizona
- Greenlee County
- Copper Mountain Mining District (Clifton-Morenci Mining District)Mining District
- Shannon MountainsMountain Range
- Greenlee County
- Gila MountainsMountain Range
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