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Petoskey Group

Past Producer in Coconino county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027187
MRDS ID M002409
Record type Site
Current site name Petoskey Group
Alternate or previous names Apex Copper

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.24104, 36.70972 (WGS84)
Elevation 2408
Relative position 1.5 MILES W. OF JACOB LAKE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coconino(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jacob Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fredonia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grand Canyon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kanab(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Kaibab 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 Coconino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 038N 001E 12 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :01, 41?

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.24104, 36.70972
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form FLAT RIBBON-LIKE
    Thickness 4.27M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore At Intersection Of Favorable Beds (Cherty Sandstone) And Vertical Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1903
Year of last production 1963

Mining district

District name Warm Springs District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Metals Corp. (Mineral Rights)

Production statistics

  • Year 1944
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^7 % Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Copper Copper 7wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • 20,000 TONS TO 1946 . LOW GRADE ORE. OPEN PIT OPERATION ITEM #2 : CONTAINED 307,170 LBS. CU, 4.0 OZ. AU AND 1,264 OZ. AG.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 217.93M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • DATA FROM 1944

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED APEX MINING COMPANY, ATHERLY BROTHERS, PETOSKEY MINING CO., C.W.T. COPPER CO., AND JACOB LAKE MINING CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TAINTER, S.L., 1947, APEX COPPER PROPERTY: USBM R. I. 4013.

  • Deposit

    USGS MINERALS YEARBOOK 1902 - 1967.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    USBM R. I. 4013 , MINERALS YEARBOOK

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PETOSKEY GROUP CONSISTS OF SEVEN PATENTED CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Jones, Royce (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 22-MAY-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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