The Antelope Mine is a copper mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,638 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,638 Feet (1,109 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 32.89278, -110.84194
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Antelope Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Antelope Mine
Secondary: Soldier Boy
Secondary: Antelope Peak
Secondary: Meyer
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Antelope District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1922
Discovery Year: 1885
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Major Nw Trending Low-Angle Fault, 1/4 Mile Sw, Mine On Lower Block (Camp Grant Fault), To East, 3/4 Miles, Is A Nnw Trending, 50-60 Ne Dipping Sequence Of Precambrian Diabase, Dripping Spring Quartzite, And Pioneer Formation, Cut Occasionally By Small Ene Trending Normal Faults
Type: L
Description: Brecciated Ew Fracture Zone, Nnw Trending Aplite Intrusive Body
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong Oxidation On Upper Levels, More Sulfides At Lower Levels
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Melaconite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Kaolinite
Gangue: Sericite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 6 LEVELS OF WORKINGS ON SINGLE SHAFT, WORKING ABOUT 200 FT LENGH ON MOST LEVELS, FOR APPROXIMATELY 1800 FT. TOTAL WORKINGS
Comment (Geology): VEIN CUTS BOTH APLITE AND SCHIST, AGE OF MINERALIZATION UNKNOWN. JAPSER-MAGNETITE OR QUARTZ-HEMITITE VEINS IN LOCAL AREA. 1910'S REPORTS DESCRIBE PINAL SCHIST AS DIORITE OR DIORITE-SCHIST.
Comment (Location): IN NARROW, N-S ELONGATED, SECTION 19, 1/8 MILE SE OF FLYING UW RANCH IN MEYER WASH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1949)
Comment (Development): ANTELPE PEAK COPPER MINING COMPANY OPERATED THROUGHOUT PRODUCTION HISTORY OF MINE 15 CLAIMS IN 1920
Comment (Deposit): MAIN VEIN IS 7 FT WIDE AND IS 200 FT IN LENGTH
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
References
Reference (Deposit): ADMR ANTELOPE PEAK COPPER MINING COMPANY FILE
Reference (Deposit): REED, W.H., 1924 MINES HANDBOOK, VOLUME XVI, P. 225
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): USGS GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-1106, 1974.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL, VOLUME III, NO. 11, APRIL, 1920, P. 28
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