The Peabody Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,000 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
Elevation: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 32.11611, -110.06500
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Peabody Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Peabody Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Cochise District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Russel Gold And Silver Mining Co. Philadelphia, Pa. , Coronado Copper And Zinc Co.
Years: 1881 -
Owner Name: Peabody Consolidated Copper Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1882
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Massive Fracture System, Tert Block Faulting, Tilting Ne ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N To Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne
Type: L
Description: Ne Fault System N15-20e, 65-75e; E Fault System N70e To S70e, 45-80s
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Of Ore.
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Idocrase
Gangue: Wollastonite
Comments
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED JOHN GLEASON, PEABODY CONSOLIDATED, JOHN C. LEMORID. IT WAS THE FIRST MINE IN THE DISTRICT TO BE EXTENSIVELY WORKED AND IS NOW CLEARLY ALL CAVED
Comment (Deposit): ORE WAS OXIDIZED TO A DEPTH OF 200 FT.
Comment (Workings): IN 1883 A PIPELINE WAS LAID FROM RUSSELVILLE TO THE PEABODY MINE AND THE SMELTER WAS MOVED THERE. THE MAIN WORKINGS ARE AT THE NORTH END OF THE OUTCROP AREA AND EXTEND OUT UNDER THE ALLUVIAL COVER
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: MINE AREA CUT BY SERIES OF FAULTS. HORQUILLA LIMESTONE IS RECRYSTALLIZED IN VICINITY OF MINE. ORE OXIDIZED TO DEPTH OF 200 FT.
Comment (Production): OPERATIONS BEFORE 1890 NETTED PERHAPS 10000 TONS OF ORE WORTH $1 MILLION. PRODUCTION BETWEEN 1899 AND 1903 WAS BETWEEN $250000 AND $1 MILLION. FROM 1907-1918 AND ADDITIONAL 14,200 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING 7.5 PERCENT COPPER AND 4 OZ. SILVER PER TON WERE MINED. PRODUCTION CEASED 1918.
Comment (Commodity): ORE WAS OXIDIZED TO A DEPTH OF 200 FEET. SOME OXIDIZED ZINC ORE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED BY EARLY MINERS. SOME HIGH GRADE (AND LOW GRADE) OXIDE ZINC ORE HAS BEEN FOUND IN THE MINE DUMP. THIS ASSAYED FROM 0.2 TO 44.2 PERCENT ZINC.
References
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COOPER AND SILVER, PROF. PAPER 41
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): COOPER AND SILVER, 1964
Reference (Deposit): ECON. GEOL., V. 1, 1906, P. 651-59, FIG. 48.
Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375.
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, J.R., AND SILVER, L.T., 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 416.
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, J.R., 1950, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, GEOL. SER. 18, BULL 156.
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