Antelope Mine

Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  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 10046329
MRDS ID M241241
Record type Site
Current site name Antelope Mine
Alternate or previous names Soldier Boy, Antelope Peak, Meyer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.84263, 32.89288 (WGS84)
Elevation 1109
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1 MILE ENE OF CEDAR MOUNTAIN (ELEVATION 4065), SE SIDE MEYER WASH, Located On Quadrangle, But No Utm Grid On Quadrangle

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Winkelman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(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 Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 006S 015E 19 S OF CENTER Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • IN NARROW, N-S ELONGATED, SECTION 19, 1/8 MILE SE OF FLYING UW RANCH IN MEYER WASH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1949)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Melaconite Ore
Kaolinite Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Oxidation On Upper Levels, More Sulfides At Lower Levels

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Pinal Schist
    Rock description Pinal Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.84263, 32.89288

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Major Nw Trending Low-Angle Fault, 1/4 Mile Sw, Mine On Lower Block (Camp Grant Fault), To East, 3/4 Miles, Is A Nnw Trending, 50-60 Ne Dipping Sequence Of Precambrian Diabase, Dripping Spring Quartzite, And Pioneer Formation, Cut Occasionally By Small Ene Trending Normal Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciated Ew Fracture Zone, Nnw Trending Aplite Intrusive Body

Ore body information

  • Strike EW
    Dip NORTHERLY
    Width 2.13M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN CUTS BOTH APLITE AND SCHIST, AGE OF MINERALIZATION UNKNOWN. JAPSER-MAGNETITE OR QUARTZ-HEMITITE VEINS IN LOCAL AREA. 1910'S REPORTS DESCRIBE PINAL SCHIST AS DIORITE OR DIORITE-SCHIST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Discoverer Charles Odell
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1922

Mining district

District name Antelope District

Land status

Ownership category State

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 134.11M

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 LEVELS OF WORKINGS ON SINGLE SHAFT, WORKING ABOUT 200 FT LENGH ON MOST LEVELS, FOR APPROXIMATELY 1800 FT. TOTAL WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • ANTELPE PEAK COPPER MINING COMPANY OPERATED THROUGHOUT PRODUCTION HISTORY OF MINE 15 CLAIMS IN 1920

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL, VOLUME III, NO. 11, APRIL, 1920, P. 28

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USGS GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-1106, 1974.

  • Deposit

    REED, W.H., 1924 MINES HANDBOOK, VOLUME XVI, P. 225

  • Deposit

    ADMR ANTELOPE PEAK COPPER MINING COMPANY FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S
Deposit MAIN VEIN IS 7 FT WIDE AND IS 200 FT IN LENGTH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-82 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.

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.