Mine detail: Copper Canyon Mine

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Location: Coconino County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.23584, -112.37493
dep_id: 10027186
mrds_id: M002408
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Trace mineral: Silver, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Malachite
orebody_fm: PINCH & SWELL VEINS
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Veins Follow Pre-Cambrian Faults
Reporter: Jones, Royce (Creasey, S.C.)
hrock_unit: Occurs In Vishnu Schist
hrock_type: Pegmatite
References:
  • Deposit:: NOBLE, L. F., 1914 , SHINUMO QUADRANGLE: USGS BULL. 549 , P. 93 - 96
  • Production:: REF. #1
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