Mine detail: Copper Bar Prospect.

Previously called 'Royal Tinto Mining and Smelting Co Group.'

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Location: Graham County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.95343, -110.31984
dep_id: 10039433
mrds_id: M050075
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Silver, Gold
Trace mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcocite
gangue: Pyrite, Specularite
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Zone Of Brecciation.
Reporter: Bergquist, Joel R.
hrock_unit: Pinal Schist Schist, Metavolcanics
hrock_type: Schist
arock_unit: 68 My/Copper Creek Granodiorite
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Minor Pre-Cretaceous E And Ne Trending Folds And Major Post-Cretaceous Nnw Trending Faults.
tectonic: Basin And Range.
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1902
References:
  • Deposit:: USGS PP 461
  • Deposit:: USGS BULL 763
  • Deposit:: 1925 GEOLMAP ROSS, C.P. BULL. 763.
  • Deposit:: 1964 GEOLMAP SIMONS, F.S. PROF. PAPER 461.
  • Production:: SIMONS 1964.
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