Arizona Commercial Mine

Gila County, Arizona, United States

Copper Gold Silver Silica

Land & claims · BLM · live

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Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.

Commodities

PrimaryCopper

SecondaryGold, Silver, Silica

Commodity typeMetallic

Deposit

Deposit sizeMedium

WorkingsSurface/Underground

Orebody formLINEAR

Ore controlEne Trending Copper Hill Vein, An Extension Of The Old Dominion Vein

Materials

Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite

Other materialsQuartz

Geology

Host rockQuartzite,Schist,Limestone · Troy Quartzite;Apache Group;Pinal Schist

Associated rockDiabase

StructureEne 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

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer

First production1905

Last production1979

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References

ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILEABGMT-USBM FILE DATAADMR FILE DATAUSGS PP 342, P. 104-106RANSOME, F. L., GEOLOGY OF THE GLOBE COPPER DISTRICT, AZ, USGS PP 12, 1903, P. 154TENNEY, J. B., HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA, 1927-1929, PNEALE, W. G., THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XVII, 1926, P. 208-210AZ MINING JOURNAL, NOV 1919, P. 41; MAY 1, 1922, P. 22-23

Identification

Deposit ID10046316

MRDS IDM241222

Alternate namesCopper Hill Mine

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates33.4323, -110.75875