Mine detail: Copper Mountain Mine

Previously called 'Copper King'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.16889, -113.33551

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Zinc, Silver, Lead
Tertiary:	Uranium, Gold
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Malachite, Pitchblende
Orebody form:	LENSES, STRINGERS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1913 - 1918
First production started:	1913
Last production ended:	1974

Geology

Host rock:	Supai Formation
Host type:	Sandstone,Limestone
Structure:	Supai In Unconformable Contact With Redwall Limestone, Collapse Structure, 700 Ft Diameter, In Supai Formation
Alteration processes:	Supai Is Bleached, Redwall Limestone Below Is Cherty

References

MRDS	M003740
DEP	10027660
Reference	{Deposit:: HILL, J.M., 1914, THE GRAND GULCH MINING REGION, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 580 - D, P. 56.}{Deposit:: PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA, 1952 - 1956: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION RME - 158 , 1970, P. 79.}{Deposit:: ELSING, M.J., AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140, P. 96.}{Deposit:: SCARBOROUGH, 1981, RADIOACTIVE OCCURRENCES AND PRODUCTION IN ARIZONA, ABGMT OPEN-FILE REPORT, MARCH, 1981.}{Deposit:: USGS MR46.}{Deposit:: USGS MIP-MR21.}{Deposit:: MEEHAN, R.J., 1953.}{Other Database:: DMEA}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: U.S.G.S. 580 - D, P. 56 ; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 140}
Reporter	Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.)