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125601
Copperosity Hills Sif Oidak Dist Chiapuk, AZ 85634
206.6
Parcel 500-52-0010
32.558389 / -112.130194
7
Garcia, Jose
Garcia.Jose@epa.gov
213-244-1811


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Property Progress


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CAs Associated with this Property

CA NameCA #StateTypeAnnouncement Year
Tohono O Odham NationRP00T54101AZSection 128(a) State/Tribal2010
Tohono O Odham NationRP96988301AZSection 128(a) State/Tribal2006


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Assessment Activities at this Property

ActivityEPA FundingStart DateCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Counted When?
Phase I Environmental Assessment$2,998.0007/15/201001/11/2011Tohono O Odham NationYFY11


Is Cleanup Necessary? Unknown
EPA Assessment Funding: $2,998.00
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Total Funding: $2,998.00


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment

There is no data for Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment.


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Contaminants and Media


Unknown
NOT Cleaned up


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Cleanup Activities

There are no current cleanup activities.


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Total ACRES Cleaned Up: 206.6
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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup

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Institutional and Engineering Controls

No
No


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Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments

There are no current redevelopment activities.


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Redevelopment

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Additional Property Attributes

The site comprises 10 mining claims of 206.6 acres that were patented in 1921 and were aquired by the Tohono O'odham Nation in 2003. According to TerraNext in the 2011 report with the exception of former mining related activity including numerous barbed wire-enclosed mine shafts and unvegetated waste rock dump piles the surrounding desert is essentially pristine desert lands. Recently observed in the site vacinity are red fox, endangered species Sonoran Proghorn and Nichol's Turk's Head Cactus. A moderate tonnage of potential dump copper ore is present at the site.

Former Use: In 1906 the Copperosity Copper Co and later in 1912 the Copperosity Mining Co were incorporated for mining at this site. The site comprises 10 mining claims patented in 1921, that are owned by the Tohono O'odham Nation since 2003. Bureau of Mines estimates ore grades ranged from 2 - 30 percent copper. Newmont Exploration Ltd completed drill holes in 1966, but nothing has occured since. In 1884 a smelter was said to be built here and about 1,000 tons of ore were mined to a depth of 120 ft back then. A moderate tonnage of dump Copper oxide minerals, of a potential ore grade, are present at the site today. An estimated 3,000 feet of subsurface workings exist, with the main shaft being about 385 ft in depth. Numerous shafts are scattered thoughout the site.
Hazardous
Enrolled: 10/17/2003


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