Copper Giant Mine, Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District), Pinal County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Copper Giant Mine | Mine |
| Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon) | Creek |
| Bunker Hill Mining District (Copper Creek Mining District) | Mining District |
| Pinal County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° 45' 32'' North , 110° 29' 8'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Mammoth | 1,487 (2017) | 15.1km |
| San Manuel | 3,551 (2011) | 22.3km |
| Oracle | 3,686 (2011) | 31.4km |
| Dudleyville | 959 (2011) | 36.0km |
| Winkelman | 346 (2017) | 36.8km |
A former underground Cu-W mine located in sec. 3, T8S, R18E, about 0.8 miles N of Copper Creek (stream) and about 1½ miles just N of W from Copper Creek (ghost town), on private land.
Mineralization is a boomerang-shaped breccia pipe with each wing about 500 feet long, in Glory Hole volcanics. The ore zone is about 304.8 meters long. The platy structure in breccia dips 10-20 SW. The pipe is located on a contact between granodiorite and hornfels derived from Glory Hole Volcanics. It is comprised of angular to rounded breccia fragments. Copper stain and pyrite are terstitial. Related structural aspects include block faulting trending NNW; reg. trends: minor pre-Cretaceous E and NE-trending folds and major post-Cretaceous NNW-trending faults. The significance of tungsten is unknown. No hypogene minerals were seen.
Workings include 2 short adits and a winze.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Chalcanthite Formula: CuSO4 · 5H2O References: |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 References: |
| ⓘ 'Wolframite Group' References: |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | 'Wolframite Group' | 4.DB.30 va | |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Chalcanthite | 7.CB.20 | CuSO4 · 5H2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Chalcanthite | CuSO4 · 5H2O |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Chalcanthite | CuSO4 · 5H2O |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Chalcanthite | CuSO4 · 5H2O |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcanthite | CuSO4 · 5H2O |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10039465 |
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- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mazatzal DomainDomain
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USA
- Arizona
- Galiuro MountainsMountain Range
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