Mine detail: Arizona Commercial Mine

Previously called 'Copper Hill Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.4323, -110.75875

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Gold, Silver, Silica
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite
Orebody form:	LINEAR
Other material:	Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1905
Last production ended:	1979

Geology

Host rock:	Troy Quartzite;Apache Group;Pinal Schist
Host type:	Quartzite,Schist,Limestone
Associated type:	Diabase
Structure:	Ene Trending Copper Hill Vein, An Extension Of The Old Dominion Vein., Many Small Parallel Ene Trending Faults In Quartzite. Diabase Sill At Mine Intrudes At The Base Of The Troy Quartzite

References

MRDS	M241222
DEP	10046316
Reference	{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ADMR FILE DATA}{Deposit:: USGS PP 342, P. 104-106}{Deposit:: RANSOME, F. L., GEOLOGY OF THE GLOBE COPPER DISTRICT, AZ, USGS PP 12, 1903, P. 154}{Deposit:: TENNEY, J. B., HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA, 1927-1929, P}{Deposit:: NEALE, W. G., THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XVII, 1926, P. 208-210}{Deposit:: AZ MINING JOURNAL, NOV 1919, P. 41; MAY 1, 1922, P. 22-23}
Reporter	Roth, Frances A.