Mine detail: Copper Cliff Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

33.10732, -109.39065

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Orebody form:	UNKNOWN

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1915

Geology

Host type:	Quartzite,Granite
Associated rock:	Coronado Quartzite;Precambrian Granite Basement
Associated type:	Diabase
Structure:	Ne Side Of Prominent Quartzitic Ridge North Of Morenci; Ridge Forms The Divide Between Eagle Creek And Chase Creek Watersheds; Block Faulting South Of The Great Coronado Fissure With Downthrow Of 1200 Ft On Southern Side, Minor W-E Trending Faults; Locality Is Cut By Occasional Dikes Of Diabase And Porphyry
Tectonic:	Precipitous Gully Terrain East Of Coronado Massif; Massif Surrounded By Peripheral Faults
Alteration processes:	Surface Oxidation To Unknown Depths

References

MRDS	M800421
DEP	10048291
Reference	{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: BLM DISTRICT SHEET 840.}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, CORONADO COPPER CO, ARIZONA COPPER CO LTD.}{Deposit:: USGS PP 43, P. 338-346.}{Deposit:: BENNETT, K. C. 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, ARIZONA: M. S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 153 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Calder, Susan R.