Johnson Mine

The Johnson Mine is a copper mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,951 feet.

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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

Name: Johnson Mine

State: Arizona

County: Cochise

Elevation: 4,951 Feet (1,509 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 32.11028, -110.06306

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Johnson Mine MRDS details

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Wollastonite

Location

State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Cochise District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Arimetco International, Inc.
Years: 1994 -

Production

Year: 1930
Time Period: 1901-1930
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^9.9% Cu, 5.2 Oz/T Ag (1912-1930)
Year: 1978
Time Period: 1956-1978
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^ 12.5% Cu (1905)
Year: 1984
Time Period: 1979-1984
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^4 Toz Au/St, 1.67% Cu, 6.1% Zn

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1881
Discovery Year: 1880
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: BEDDED, TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Nw Tert Block Faulting

Type: L
Description: Republic Fault, Massive Fracture Systems Trending Ne, E, And Nw

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Quartz Veining Of Quartz Monzonite With Muscovite-Silica-Pyrite And Argillic Envelopes; Sericitization

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 53.000000+-
Age Young: Tertiary

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.1-0.4% CU

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Powellite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Aurichalcite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Tenorite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Wollastonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Sphene
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Hematite

Comments

Comment (Location): USBM GIVES LOCATION AS 32-06-10N, 110-04-05W. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1992)

Comment (Production): ABGMT-USBM FIGURES INCLUDE ALL PRODUCTION IN THE DISTRICT FROM 1959-1968. HEAP AND DUMP LEACHING OPERATION.

Comment (Development): JOHNSON COPPER DEVELOPMENT CO, CORONADO COPPER & ZINC CO (1973), AND CYPRUS JOHNSON COPPER CO. (1988) WERE PAST OPERATORS. ; ECON.COM: CAPACITY IS 30,000 LB CU PER DAY.

Comment (Deposit): COPPER CARBONATES AT SURFACE, COPPER SULFIDES AT DEPTH. SIGNIFICANT ORE BODIES MAY OCCUR AT DEPTH WHERE FAVORABLE BEDS OF THE ABRIGO FORMATION MAKE UP THE HANGING WALL OF THE REPUBLIC FAULT. MOST OF ORE CAME FROM REPLACED BEDS IN ABRIGO AND ESCABROSA FORMATIONS.

Comment (Workings): PROPERTY IS OPENED BY A 460 FT SHAFT AND A 640 FT WINZE WHICH IS SUNK ON A 40 DEG. ANGLE. AN 18 FT SULFIDE VEIN CARRYING 1% CU HAS BEEN OPENED IN THE WINZE. IN 1992, WORKED BY HEAP AND DUMP LEACHING.

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050007 WITH RECORD M030572 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, 1994, DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE MINES IN ARIZONA, INCORPORATING SAND & GRAVEL OPERATIONS -- 1994: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 42, 24 P.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): GREELEY, 1978; PHILLIPS AND OTHERS, 1992; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.

Reference (Deposit): COOPER & SILVER, 1964, USGS PP 416.

Reference (Deposit): COOPER, 1950, ABM BULL 156.

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1973, ABM BULL 187.

Reference (Deposit): CLAYTON, 1978, AZ GEOL SOC DIGEST, V. 11, P. 17-24.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.

Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., NIEMUTH, N.J., AND BAIN, D.R., 1992, ACTIVE MINES IN ARIZONA - 1993: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 40, 25 P.

Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1992, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.

Reference (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 STATS BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.

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