CupriteCopper Queen Mine, Copper Mountain, Sierra Ancha District, Sierra Ancha Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
Photo: J. Wingard Latitude: 33°54'41"N
Longitude: 111°5'35"W
A former underground Cu-Ag-Pb mine located in the center N½ sec. 35, T7N, R12E (Copper Mountain 7.5 minute topo map), on National Forest land. Owned by C.W. and E.C. Conway of Arizona (1953).
Mineralization includes secondary copper minerals.
References
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Report 172-480 (1953), Gila County Preliminary Reconnaissance Report: 28.
Niemuth, N.J. & K.A. Phillips (1992), Copper Oxide Resources, Arizona Department of Mines & Mineral Resources Open File Report 92-10: 7 (Table 1).
USGS Copper Mountain Quadrangle map.
Arizona Department of Mineral Resources card file.
Arizona Department of Mineral Resources U file Cu 32.
MRDS database Dep. ID #10161146, MAS ID #0040070266.
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