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Planet Mine

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Limestone, General, Iron, Silica, Ferrosilicon
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Reserves and resources
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.95828, 34.2456 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Relative position 28 MILES NNE OF BOUSE.

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 011N 016W 31,32 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • PHILLIPS GIVES LOCATION AS SECTION 6.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Limestone, General Secondary
Iron Primary
Silica, Ferrosilicon Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Limestone Ore
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Specularite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hematite Replaces Limestone, Hydrothermal

Analytical data

Result AT 175 FT A SAMPLE CONTAINED 5.56 % CU, AND 48 % FE. FROM 180 TO 185 FT. THE ORE BODY CONTAINED 3.4 % CU. AT 230 FT. THE ORE AVERAGED 4.77 CU., AND $1 IN AU/TON. FROM 237 TO 254 FT THE ORE ASSAYED AS 8 TO 9 % CU., AND 40 CENTS TO $3.30 OF AU/TON. AT 290 FT. THE ORE ASSAYS AS 5 TO 8 % CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.95828, 34.2456
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Foliated Structure Is Very Pronounced In Places And The General Dip Of The Lamination Plane Is 15 Deg And 30 Deg Se. Some Faulting Has Taken Place In These Rocks, But Not Nearly As Much As Would Be Supposed From A Cursory Examination Of The Relation Of The Overlying Sediments To The Older Gneiss

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, LENSING
    Thickness 48.77M
    Length 548.64M
    Width 60.96M
    Depth to top 51.82M
    Depth to bottom 100.58M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Main Developed Ore Bodies Occur Just Above The Contact Of The Underlying Gneiss With Limestone, The Latter Being Replaced By Hematite, Which Carries Uncertain Amounts Of Copper

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1863
Year of first production 1863
Year of last production 1937

Mining district

District name Planet District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Miami Copper Co. (Held Option On Planet Mine From The Owners); Arizona Ranch And Metals Co.
    First year 1967

Comments on the production information

  • DURING 1933-1934 LESSEES MINED MORE THAN A CARLOAD OF RICH GOLD ORE FROM A NEWLY DISCOVERED DEPOSIT ON THE PLANET COPPER MINING COMPANYS GROUND, ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF THE WILLIAMS RIVER.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1945
    Total resources 566000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 60 wt-pct Iron Major 1945
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1961
    Total resources 9523000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 35 wt-pct Iron Major 1961
    Silica, Ferrosilicon SiO2 40 wt-pct Silica Major 1961

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.022HA
    Length 213.36M
    Overall depth 106.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 350-FT VERTICAL SHAFT AND SEVERAL INCLINED SHAFTS INCLUDING ONE WHICH CONNECTS WITH THE VERTICAL SHAFT AT 350 FT; THERE ARE ALSO DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS AND RAISES AT IRREGULAR INTERVALS.

Comments on development

  • PAST OPERATORS INCLUDE: CRAIG, KIMBALL LEASING CO., NORTHWEST LEASING AND DEVELOPMENT CO., NEW PLANET COPPER MINING CO., PLANET MINING CO., POLHAMUS, GREAT CENTRAL. WORKED SPORADICALLY FROM 1863 THROUGH 1937; PROPERTY INCLUDED 31 PATENTED CALIMS IN 1962.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 451, P. 47.

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 140, P. 104.

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 137, P. 128.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT BULL 192, P. 173.

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    AZGS INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Deposit

    SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    A.B.M. BULLETIN 140, P. 104; A.B.M. BULLETIN 137, P. 128

  • Reserve-Resource

    HARRER, 1964; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PAST PRODUCTION OF CARBONATES USED FOR SMELTER FLUX. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH LOW-ANGLE DETACHMENT FAULTING; OREBODIES ARE WITHIN AND IMMEDIATELY ABOVE THE MICROBRECCIATED DETACHMENT SURFACE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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