Mine detail: Copper Butte Mine

Previously called 'Patented ClaimsJune BugCochiseOld Fred Mitchell PropertyPoor Mans Wash PropetyWallace ShaftJames Incline'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.1487, -111.06292

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silica, Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Ore:	Malachite, Quartz, Tenorite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1917
Last production ended:	1971

Geology

Host rock:	Whitetail Conglomerate
Host type:	Conglomerate
Structure:	Fault Of Nw Strike Sw Dip Separates Whitetail From Dacite To South. Beds Weakly Stratified, Strike N30-70w, Steep Dip., Small Faults, Nise A Common Strike, Throughout Area. Minor Faults Separate Ore From Gangue.
Alteration processes:	Iron Oxide Staining

References

MRDS	M899855
DEP	10048295
Reference	{Deposit:: USBM REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 3914, AUG, 1946, 34 P.}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIFFINGS FILE.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Gest, Don E., Orris, Greta J.