The Petoskey Group is a copper mine located in Coconino county, Arizona at an elevation of 7,900 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,900 Feet (2,408 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 36.70972, -112.24028
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Petoskey Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Petoskey Group
Secondary: Apex Copper
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Coconino
District: Warm Springs District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: U.S. Metals Corp. (Mineral Rights)
Production
Year: 1944
Description: Ap_Grade: ^7 % Cu
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1903
Year Last Production: 1963
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Grand Canyon Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: FLAT RIBBON-LIKE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :01, 41?
Comment (Production): 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.
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED APEX MINING COMPANY, ATHERLY BROTHERS, PETOSKEY MINING CO., C.W.T. COPPER CO., AND JACOB LAKE MINING CO.
Comment (Workings): DATA FROM 1944
Comment (Deposit): PETOSKEY GROUP CONSISTS OF SEVEN PATENTED CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): USBM R. I. 4013 , MINERALS YEARBOOK
Reference (Deposit): TAINTER, S.L., 1947, APEX COPPER PROPERTY: USBM R. I. 4013.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MINERALS YEARBOOK 1902 - 1967.
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