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Planet New Planet Mine Group

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Iron, 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. Materials information
  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. Production statistics
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10209651
MRDS ID M003887
MAS/MILS ID 0040120004
Record type Site
Current site name Planet New Planet Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Great Central, Planet, Planet Copper, Planet Mine Group
Related records 10027705

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.95828, 34.24564 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Planet(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alamo Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bill Williams(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010 N 016 W 06 NWNENW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • THE PROPERTY IS ALSO IN T11N, R16W, SECS. 31 AND 32.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Iron Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Bornite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chrysocolla Unknown
Gold Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Silver Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.95828, 34.24564
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 49M
    Length 549M
    Width 61M
    Depth to top 52M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STRATIFORM
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Date of Last Modification 910918

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1863
Year of first production 1863

Mining district

District name Planet

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Arizona Ranch And Metals Co.
    Year 1967

Production statistics

  • Year 1917
    Period 1863-1917
    Description 1863-1917 3000000 Lb Cu, 60000 St Cu Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 66138.66mt

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1945
    Measured 1250000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 60 wt-pct Iron Major 1945
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1961
    Inferred 21000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 35 wt-pct Iron Major 1961
    Silica SiO2 40 wt-pct Silica 1961

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    KLEMIC, H. IRON. CH. IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF

  • Reserve-Resource

    ARIZONA. AZ BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 180, 1969, PP. 168-182.

  • Deposit

    ARIZ BUR GEOL MIN TECH BULL 192 1978 P173

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI E A 1978 ARIZ INDUSTRIAL MINERALS P 68

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-SEP-91 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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