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ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES AZMILS DATA

PRIMARY NAME: COBRE MOUNTAIN COPPER

ALTERNATE NAMES:

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY MILS NUMBER:~61 LOCATION: TOWNSHIP 23 S RANGE 10 E SECTION 2 QUARTER LATITUDE: N 31 DEG 27MIN 17SEC LONGITUDE: W 111 DEG 17MIN 31 SEC TOPO MAP NAME: BARTLETT MOUNTAIN - 7.5 MIN

CURRENT STATUS: UNK

COMMODITY: COPPER GOLD SILVER

BIBLIOGRAPHY: ADMMR COBRE MOUNTAIN COPPER FILE

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Chick Hagerty of Arivaca came in to report that Nuclear Dynamics had returned his claims near the Margarita mine in California Gulch. GWI WR 7/30/74

NJN WR 11/6/81: Mr. Blakenship, 333 River Road, Tucson, Arizona 85704 and his partners have formed the Cobre Ridge Company and have optioned the Cobre Mountain Copper Property from Chick Hagerty of Arivaca.

NJN WR 1J22/82: W. J. Hacht with Nevada Land and Mining Co. (an investment group), P.O. Box 1209, Scottsdale, AZ 85252 visited. He brought some information for our Cobre Mountain Copper Property, Santa Cruz County, from Mineral Resources Inc., P.O. Box 5782, Tucson, AZ 85703, Phone: 602-293-4088, who have an option on the property.

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W.,J. Hacht Nevada La nd & Mining Co. P.O. Box 1209 Scottsda. le , AZ 85252

Dear Mr. Hacht,

MINERAL PROPERTIES

January 14, 1982

CLAI M STAKING

ASSESSMENT WORK

TITLE ABSTRACTS

Enclosed is a bri e f description of the Cobre Ridge property, you inqu i red abou t today during our telephone coversation, which is available for lease or sale. Additional information, maps, and reports are available upon request.

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COllRE RIDGE CROUP

~ ...... ; t 8 5 unp4.~ten ~e d lode claims: CU #1 thru #170, HHH #36,1137, #40 t hl~ u #46, Cop per Chick, Coppe r- Wedge, . and Plata Gopper Jackpot

·#1 and #2.

Southwestern Santa Cruz County, Arizona, three miles north of the Mexican Borde r , in po rt ions of Townships 22 and 23 South, Ranges 10 and 11 East.

The cl a im group lie s some 25 miles west of 1-19 and connects to it by the a ll wea the r Ruby-Arivaca roads. From these roads lesser roads and branch t r a il s le ad into the claim area.

The cla ims lie · in an area of considerable relief, with elevations ranging f rom 4200 f ee t to 5000 feet.

Al t hough the claims lie in the semi-arid southern portion of Arizona, t hei r elevat i on tempers the summer heat and desert conqitions. Rainfall is l ight but thunderstorms in the summer and light snow in the winter may occ.ur.

Sur f ac e ~nd g round water for mining operations is ava :llable on the property.

The area is generally underlain by a series of volcanics and sediments which have been intruded by quartz monzonite, rhyolite, andesite and other b~sic r ocks and quartz veins.

Struc t ures predominately a re f ault and shear zones. Some of the be s t mipe r a ll zat ion occurs along th e intersection of fault and shear zone s. W~d th o f mineralization ranges from a few inc~es to 100 feet or more. Minera l izati on may be hundreds of feet in length or may be lent ic ula r or oc c. u r a s pods.. The ma i n mineralization is gold, silver, copper, lead and z i nc. Other mi nerals obse r ved or recorded from the area are manganese, mo l ybdenum, tungston, bismuth , and uran i um.

The veins appear to be of mesothermal types and at the surface exhibit s e~ondary le aching and enrichment. Since this area is not too far from o t her porphyry coppe r deposits ~ it has been suggested that at depth a por phyry coppe r body may exist. Reportedly there has been some geophysical ind ica tion of t his interpretation.

Go ld assays r ange from a few parts per million up to a half ounce per ton and silver ranges up to an ounce per ton. Copper assays range up to 0.7 per cent:.

The cl aim group lies in a well mineralized area in which in the past many mi nes have ope rated primarily for the gold and silver content but al s o for other ba se meta ls. Numerous pits and prospects exist throughout the claim area a nd one deep shaft, more than 500 feet deep, is present along the western side of the claims group. The shaft has been inaccessible . to d.alc o

Add i tiona l i nformat ion available upon request.

11/19/81

ROBER T J. COWAN, eL. U 962- 1823

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SALE PRICE:

TERMS:

DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY:

GEOLOGY:

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PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85017

COBRE MOUNTAIN COPPER PROPERTY

FOR SALE OR LEASE

. The owner of this property is flexible as to terms. He i s a nxi ous to deal with a responsible party who will undertake the development of the property~ Such a buyer can ask for terms to suit his ci/rcum-

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stances. The owner has expressed a wi~~Tgness t o ac cept securities as part payment of ( sale price.

The subject property consi sts of 15 abundantly minerali zed min ing claims, predominantly copper, of approximately 20 acres each, on and adjoining ' Cobre Mountain and Cobre Ridge in the Oro Blanco Mining DIstrict in Sa nta Cruz County, Arizona. (Section s 2 and 11 , T23S, RIDE.)

Additional . mining claims can be secured by the owner t o tie in with the Cobre Mountain claims. The total acreage would encompass about four sections of land Inde r this project.

Cobre Mountain (which means" Copper Mountain") lies approximately three miles north of the ' United States-:Mexlco Border, and about twenty-five miles south of the four big copper producers in the area, . Anaconda, Pima, Duval, and American Smelting.

The nearest citi e s are Tucson (65 miles) and Nogales­(25 miles. )

The regional mining geology of the area consists of volcanic rocks as flows, dikes, and plugs of andestic t o rhylitic composition.

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The claim group consists of prominent northwest trending rhyolite dikes, an andesi te porphyry, an d some diorite outcroppings. There are several srnall workings on the c laims which show notable evidence of ext ensive sulphide mineralization as well as conspicuou s copper oxides. The mineralization d oe s not appea r to be confined to the numerous o cc ur~nces o f vein stru c tures as e ri denc ~ of extf'ns i \' v d l S ­

serninatl un i.::5 no ticeable on Ule surface.

S e ve r d l l d. r ~ e ve i n s of up to 100 ' width have been exposed. A vein of over 40' width can be plainly seen as one dr i ves onto the property. In addition, there are a nunlber of smaller veins a nd Iron Caplings or Chapeau De Fer w here the minera ls have concentrated.

The entire region is a vast plateau with elevations frorn about 4,200' to 5, OD D'. The tops of the mountains, including eobre Mountain, are perhaps 500' abov e the ir bas e.

A number o f minerals are associated with the ore fr om Cobre Mountain. A partial li st of the minerals assayed fo llows:

1. C opper 1-1 / 2% to 12 % 2. Zinc over 2% 3. Lead 4% 4. Cadmium over 1/ 2% 5. Indium over 1/2 ,7f{!

6. Gold 1 oz. per t url

7. Mol ybdenurn 1/2 oz. p er ton 8. Silver 16 oz. per ton.

Suitable for year-round mining at an elevation of 4,200 to 5,029'.

The claims can be reached by about fourteen mile s of roadway going Southeast from the town of Arivaca.

" : About three miles of this road is accessible by four wheel drive vehicles. A new ro .. ad, could be bulldozed ' to the claims that would shorten the drive by about five miles and lessen the g rade.

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PRESENT OWNERSHIP:

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MINING HISTORY OF THE PROPERTY:

A spring on the c laims in S e c t i o n 11 is a good sourc e of water for consumption y e ar-round. \Vater seepage occurring in several places on the c lain1.s indi c a t e s that drilling would probably g uar a ntee an adequate source for nlining purpos es .

Charles (Chic k) Hagerty, 92-1/2 per cent. Dispen­sation of the other 7 -1/2 per cent is controlled by Chick f--t.lgert y . Mr. Hage rty ' s ownership dates back seven years.

Am u n ::, ~ t h f> t 0 .r t n e row n <'::' r s 0 J t he S (-> ( - 1 a 1 I 11 <., W ~ ' r to' t I I e

foll o w in g di. h tlli~ U 15 L,' (: i" t~!;

The l i1. te John D. Mitchell, minin g e ngineer a nd autho r of "Los t Min e s and Buri ed Trea. sures."

The late Hug o W . Miller, Assayer, Chemi ca l Engine er, and Or e Buyer who purchased nl.uch of the ar e f ro m this area.

Cha rles Fo l z , who wo rke d th e se clai rn s a ~ ,1 l)oy and young Inan with his fathe r. Mr . I -' o l l, i ndic!tes

or e values o f $ 103 per ton wh e n copper W~t S 14 cents a pound.

Observation s indicate that either o pen pit or tunneling operations are feasible. --

Early nliningof thi s property is believed to pre date the Spani s h Conquest of MexicoQ The;re are traces that the Spaniards fo llowed the Indians onto th e propp yt y ,'{ nd i t is well known tha t Padre Kino was active ~ n t. he

a re a. .

More recently, the property was worked circ a 188 0 -1890 and again in 1924. Most of the old mine s in the area were largely successful, and in scarcely any were the failures traceable to deficiencies in natural richnes so They were always known to have been proli fic in a degree surpassing the mines of California and Nevada that created such notable wealth e In spite of thi s , the property has been lying practica-lly idle for 50yeal-s. It is felt tha~ modern techniques and equipment could-again exploit the natural promise of tlle -property. .. .

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EXCLUSIVE SALES AGENTS:

A 11 as s e s s rn e n t wo r k has bet' n k c pt u p to eLl tea n d affidavits o f labor have been filedo

Per sons intere sted in the prope rty rna y wi s h tc) ta l k

with Professor L. l'vi. Richard, E. M o , an 1\1.1. To graduate nl.ining engi n eer a nd ret i. r ed Profe s so r of

Mining at the Uni versity of Ceorgia . Profess or

Richard is world traveled an d now r e t ired in Arl\.7Clc a,

Arizonao He is farnili a r with th e. geo l o gy 01 the area

an d of the subject property. He fec ls that thi s propcrt'..' 'l'-a. rr a nts intensif !.' d l nvestj ~.! a tion ,

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