Peer and Peerless Group

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Barium-Barite, Gypsum-Anhydrite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026738
MRDS ID M000021
Record type Site
Current site name Peer and Peerless Group
Alternate or previous names Quijotoa Mine
Related records 10283454

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.14711, 32.07067 (WGS84)
Elevation 1109
Relative position 6 1/2 MILES SSW OF QUIJOTOA TRADING POST.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ben Nevis Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon Wash(hydrologic unit)

Rio Sonoyta(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 015S 002E 35 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • USBM'S FILE LAT IS INCORRECT (32-06-42N).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Gypsum-Anhydrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Selenite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.14711, 32.07067

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone In Rhyolite Volcanics

Ore body information

  • General form POCKETS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1880
Year of last production 1892

Comments on the production information

  • "WORKED OUT" IN A SHORT PERIOD IN 1880'S.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS SMALL SHAFTS, PITS, AND ADITS.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED PEER & PEERLESS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189, P. 141.

  • Deposit

    STEWART, L.A., AND PFISTER, A.J., 1960 , BARITE DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA: USBM IC 5651.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 141 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Rodriguez, Ignacio J. (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.