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Peabody Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite
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  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039386
MRDS ID M050010
Record type Site
Current site name Peabody Mine
Related records 10209668

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.06566, 32.11623 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position ONE MILE NORTH OF TOWN OF JOHNSON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dragoon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 015S 022E 23 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE WAS OXIDIZED TO A DEPTH OF 200 FEET. SOME OXIDIZED ZINC ORE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED BY EARLY MINERS. SOME HIGH GRADE (AND LOW GRADE) OXIDE ZINC ORE HAS BEEN FOUND IN THE MINE DUMP. THIS ASSAYED FROM 0.2 TO 44.2 PERCENT ZINC.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Idocrase Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Wollastonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Of Ore.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Horquilla Limestone
    Rock description Horquilla Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.06566, 32.11623
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Massive Fracture System, Tert Block Faulting, Tilting Ne ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N To Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Fault System N15-20e, 65-75e; E Fault System N70e To S70e, 45-80s

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Found In Silicated Layers In Favorable Beds Along Crosscutting Fissures.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINE AREA CUT BY SERIES OF FAULTS. HORQUILLA LIMESTONE IS RECRYSTALLIZED IN VICINITY OF MINE. ORE OXIDIZED TO DEPTH OF 200 FT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1882

Mining district

District name Cochise District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Peabody Consolidated Copper Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Russel Gold And Silver Mining Co. Philadelphia, Pa. , Coronado Copper And Zinc Co.
    First year 1881

Comments on the production information

  • OPERATIONS BEFORE 1890 NETTED PERHAPS 10000 TONS OF ORE WORTH $1 MILLION. PRODUCTION BETWEEN 1899 AND 1903 WAS BETWEEN $250000 AND $1 MILLION. FROM 1907-1918 AND ADDITIONAL 14,200 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING 7.5 PERCENT COPPER AND 4 OZ. SILVER PER TON WERE MINED. PRODUCTION CEASED 1918.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 1.051HA
    Overall depth 60.96M
    Overall length 121.92M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1883 A PIPELINE WAS LAID FROM RUSSELVILLE TO THE PEABODY MINE AND THE SMELTER WAS MOVED THERE. THE MAIN WORKINGS ARE AT THE NORTH END OF THE OUTCROP AREA AND EXTEND OUT UNDER THE ALLUVIAL COVER

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED JOHN GLEASON, PEABODY CONSOLIDATED, JOHN C. LEMORID. IT WAS THE FIRST MINE IN THE DISTRICT TO BE EXTENSIVELY WORKED AND IS NOW CLEARLY ALL CAVED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOPER, J.R., AND SILVER, L.T., 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 416.

  • Deposit

    COOPER, J.R., 1950, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, GEOL. SER. 18, BULL 156.

  • Deposit

    ECON. GEOL., V. 1, 1906, P. 651-59, FIG. 48.

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COOPER AND SILVER, PROF. PAPER 41

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    COOPER AND SILVER, 1964

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE WAS OXIDIZED TO A DEPTH OF 200 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1981 Rodriguez, Ignacio (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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