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Big Johnnie Mine

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102493
MRDS ID M003106
Record type Site
Current site name Big Johnnie Mine
Related records 10258356

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.77041, 33.43758 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Relative position NORTH OF GLOBE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Globe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001N 015E 10 SW OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE WESTERN FLANK OF BLACK PEAK, IN BIG JOHNNIE GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.77041, 33.43758
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Trending Faults And Remnants Of Dripping Springs Quartzite And Pioneer Formation Within Diabase Intrusive Mass.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Branching Faults With General Nw Trend

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N40E
    Dip 85 NW
    Length 1828.8M
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Ne Trending Big Johnnie Fissure Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEE PLATE 1, PP 342 FOR GEOLOGY DETAILS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1901

Mining district

District name Globe Hills District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1917
    Material CU
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^5 % Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Copper Copper 5wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 566.93M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on development

  • PART OF THE HOLDINGS OF THE OLD DOMINION AND UNITED GLOBE IN 1910'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) 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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