Peabody Mine

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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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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