Mine detail: Copper Squaw Mine

Previously called 'AndradeCooleyLuper'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.164, -112.10461

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver
Tertiary:	Uranium
Ore:	Chalcocite, Malachite, Uraninite, Uranophane
Gangue:	Calcite, Hematite, Quartz
Orebody form:	SPOTTY

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1948
Last production ended:	1953

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Structure:	Fault Zone Strikes N 50 E, 30 Nw Dip

References

MRDS	M000026
DEP	10108960
Reference	{Deposit:: KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 140 .}{Deposit:: GRANGER, H. C., AND RAUP, R. B., 1962 , RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 1147 - A, P. 29 .}{Deposit:: PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN PIMA AND PINAL COUNTIES, ARIZONA, 1950 TO 1957 : US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION RME - 159 , 1970 , P. 37 .}{Production:: ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 140}
Reporter	Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.)