Peg Leg Mine

Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046283
MRDS ID M241178
Record type Site
Current site name Peg Leg Mine
Related records 10259581

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.06487, 33.04676 (WGS84)
Elevation 908
Relative position ABOUT 2.8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRAY BACK MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grayback(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004S 013E 31 N2 OF N2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UTM LOCATION BASED ON LOCATION OF SHAFT SYMBOL NEAR PEG LEG WELL ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
    Rock unit name Ruin Granite
    Rock description Ruin Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.06487, 33.04676

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dikes And Fissures Trend Both E-W And Nw In Area. Paleocene Tea Cup Granodiorite Has N-S Contact With Ruin Granite 100 Meters W Of Mine
Type of structure Local
Structure description E-W Trending Fissure Zone Through Mine

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zones Trending Ew

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1937
Year of last production 1948

Mining district

District name Wooley District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Fishback, Martin
    First year 1948

Comments on development

  • OPERATED IN 1937-38 BY H.R. SCOTT; EXPLORED IN 1944 BU THEODORE PHILIPS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USGS GQ 1206, 1975

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Roth, Frances A. (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

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.