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Peterson Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046171
MRDS ID M241002
Record type Site
Current site name Peterson Mine
Alternate or previous names Copper Dog, Copper Dog Mng Co.
Related records 10113039

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.40067, 31.45486 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position 1 1.75 MI NNE OF SUNNYSIDE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Huachuca Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023S 019E 03,10 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • S CENTRAL SECTION 3 N CENTRAL SEC 10 UTM EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Bisbee Group Glance Conglomerate
    Rock description Bisbee Group Glance Conglomerate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.40067, 31.45486
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IN FAULT FISSURE VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH MICROGRANODIORITE DIKE OR SILL CUTTING CONGLOMERATE AND ANDESITE VOLCANICS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hartford District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Copper Dog Co

Comments on the production information

  • SOME 30 TONS OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1916.

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL AND SURFACE WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 66

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN FAULT FISSURES ASSOCIATED WITH MICROGRANODIORITE DIKE OR SILL CUTTING CONGLOMERATE AND ANDESITE VOLCANICS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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