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Penny and Penny Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048103
MRDS ID M800094
Record type Site
Current site name Penny and Penny Mine
Alternate or previous names Penny Claim
Related records 10283431

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.4432, 32.31317 (WGS84)
Elevation 701
Relative position 3 MILES SE OF WATERMAN PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Waterman Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver Bell Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013S 009E 8 NE OF SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NAMED PENNY CLAIM ON QUADRANGLE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.4432, 32.31317
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Paleozoic Fault Blocks

Comments on the geologic information

  • ABGMT 189 DOES NOT REFER SPECIFICALLY TO THIS MINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1956
Year of last production 1956

Mining district

District name Waterman District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Apex Mine And Development

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT 189, P. 144

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 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.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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