Peacock Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109835
MRDS ID M800154
Record type Site
Current site name Peacock Mine
Related records 10283068

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.04983, 32.1004 (WGS84)
Elevation 1478
Relative position .8 MILES EAST 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)

Willcox Playa(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 25 SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Texas Canyon Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Texas Canyon Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 53
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Horquilla Formation
    Rock description Horquilla Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.04983, 32.1004

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Massive Fracture System, Tert Block Faulting With General Ne Trend

Ore body information

  • General form NARROW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Replacement Beds Near Ne Trending Faults And Folds Beds Strike Nw, Dip 40 Ne

Comments on the geologic information

  • ABOVE IS DISTRICT DESCRIPTION. THIS DEPOSIT NOT SPECIFICALLY DESCRIBED IN USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 416.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1908
Year of last production 1942

Mining district

District name Cochise District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED N.R. MILLER, PEACOCK COPPER MNG. COMPANY

Reference information

Reporter information

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