Mine detail: Copper Ox Mine

Previously called 'Copperrox Mng. Co.Barrett GroupArizona Copper Syndicate of Providence'

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Location

Lat / long: 31.78707, -109.86204

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Manganese
Tertiary: Silver, Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Copper, Gold, Pyrolusite, Silver
Orebody form: IRREGULAR BUNCHES AND LENSES

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Contact Metasomatic
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1915
Last production ended: 1919

Geology

Host type:Limestone
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Structure:Limestone Thrusted Over Rhyolite, Fault Dips 40w, Limestone Dips 45e, One Fault N-S, Dip 65e, Other Faults E-W, With Steep Dips
Alteration processes:Oxidation In Upper 100 Ft

References

MRDSM241120
DEP10046251
Reference{Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 81.}{Deposit:: WILSON, 1927, ABM BULL 123}{Production:: KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.}
ReporterZigler, Jan L., Gest, Don E.