Penny and Penny Mine

The Penny and Penny Mine is a copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,300 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

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Site Name

Primary: Penny and Penny Mine
Secondary: Penny Claim

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Waterman 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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Apex Mine And Development

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1956
Year Last Production: 1956
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Paleozoic Fault Blocks

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation

Rocks

Name: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Location): NAMED PENNY CLAIM ON QUADRANGLE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Comment (Geology): ABGMT 189 DOES NOT REFER SPECIFICALLY TO THIS MINE

References

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT 189, P. 144

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

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