| 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: | -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 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Pinal |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 006S | 015E | 19 | S OF CENTER | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Melaconite | Ore |
| Kaolinite | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist | ||||
| Rock unit name | Pinal Schist | ||||
| Rock description | Pinal Schist | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -110.84263, 32.89288 |
|---|
| 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 |
| Strike | EW |
|---|---|
| Dip | NORTHERLY |
| Width | 2.13M |
| 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 |
| District name | Antelope District |
|---|
| Ownership category | State |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 134.11M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M241241 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040210112 |
ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL, VOLUME III, NO. 11, APRIL, 1920, P. 28
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
USGS GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-1106, 1974.
REED, W.H., 1924 MINES HANDBOOK, VOLUME XVI, P. 225
ADMR ANTELOPE PEAK COPPER MINING COMPANY FILE
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1880'S |
| Deposit | MAIN VEIN IS 7 FT WIDE AND IS 200 FT IN LENGTH |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-82 | Gest, Don E. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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