USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Coconino County
Copper Canyon Mine
Unconfirmed Copper Underground
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Coconino
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former underground Cu-Pb-Ag occurrence/mine located 1.1 km (0.68 mi) NNW of Wallace Butte (coordinates of record), on the northern slope of the butte, E of Copper Canyon, ½ mile S of the Colorado River, along the uphill side of the Tonto Trail, in th…
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Bornite
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- Chrysocolla
- Cuprite
- Malachite
- Bornite
- Chalcocite
View all 17 reported minerals
- Bornite
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- Chrysocolla
- Cuprite
- Malachite
- Bornite
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- Chrysocolla
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- Cuprite
- Malachite
- Pegmatite
- Schist
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 72578
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (11)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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