The Big Johnnie Mine is a copper mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,301 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: 4,301 Feet (1,311 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 33.4375, -110.76972
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Big Johnnie Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Johnnie Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Globe Hills District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Year: 1917
Material type: CU
Description: Ap_Grade: ^5 % Cu
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1901
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: LINEAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ne Trending Faults And Remnants Of Dripping Springs Quartzite And Pioneer Formation Within Diabase Intrusive Mass.
Type: L
Description: Branching Faults With General Nw Trend
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Development): PART OF THE HOLDINGS OF THE OLD DOMINION AND UNITED GLOBE IN 1910'S
Comment (Geology): SEE PLATE 1, PP 342 FOR GEOLOGY DETAILS.
Comment (Location): ON THE WESTERN FLANK OF BLACK PEAK, IN BIG JOHNNIE GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
References
Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, N. P., 1962 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GLOBE-MIAMI DISTRICT, ARIZONA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 342 , P. 115
Reference (Production): USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 342 , P. 115 .
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