Copper Butte Mine (June Bug Mine; James Incline; Cochise Mine; Wallace shaft; Poor Mans Wash property; Patented claims; Old Fred Mitchell property), Copper Butte, Copper Butte Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 8' 53'' North , 111° 3' 41'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Superior | 2,943 (2017) | 16.5km |
| Kearny | 2,038 (2017) | 17.3km |
| Top-of-the-World | 231 (2011) | 23.3km |
| Queen Valley | 788 (2011) | 27.0km |
| Gold Camp | 10,159 (2011) | 27.8km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Gila County Gem & Mineral Society | Miami, Arizona | 33km |
| Pinal Gem and Mineral Society | Coolidge, Arizona | 47km |
Mindat Locality ID:
46780
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:46780:0
GUID (UUID V4):
93f8861b-6c1f-4f12-917e-93f811aca02b
A former surface and underground Cu-Au-Ag-silica mine located in the N½ sec. 19 & 30, T3S, R13E (Teapot Mountain 7.5 minute topo map), about ½ mile S of the Copper Butte summit, about 3 miles WSW of Granite Mountain and about 6½ miles WNW of Kelvin, N of the Gila River. 3 shafts are shown on map, UTM is where 2 of these shafts are close together in sec. 31. Operated by the Copper Butte Mining Co. Operators also included C.F. Mitchell.
Mineralization is an irregular orebody hosted in Whitetail Conglomerate Ore control is in gray zones of the conglomerate. Little to no supergene enrichment. Small faults with a common strike throughout the area. Minor faults separate ore from gangue. A fault of NW strike and SW dip separates the Whitetail Conglomerate from dacite to the south. Beds weakly stratified, strike N30°-70°W and a steep dip. This deposit is probably alluvial material formed by erosion of the supergene deposits of Ray and Miami.
Workings include 5 pits and 4 shafts. One 400 foot inclined shaft in 1913, one 114 foot shaft joins to a lower tunnel 700 feet long. The pits were begun in the 1940's. An inclined shaft was dug in 1913.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Chrysocolla Formula: Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| ⓘ Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ Tenorite Formula: CuO |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Tenorite | 4.AB.10 | CuO |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Chrysocolla | 9.ED.20 | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| H | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| O | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Tenorite | CuO |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| Cu | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Tenorite | CuO |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10048295 |
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