Big Johnnie Mine

The Big Johnnie Mine is a copper mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,301 feet.

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About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Big Johnnie Mine

State: Arizona

County: Gila

Elevation: 4,301 Feet (1,311 Meters)

Primary Mineral: 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

Holdings

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

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

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

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

Materials

Ore: Cuprite

Ore: Chrysocolla

Ore: Malachite

Comments

Comment Type: Development	Comment: PART OF THE HOLDINGS OF THE OLD DOMINION AND UNITED GLOBE IN 1910'S
Comment Type: Geology	Comment: SEE PLATE 1, PP 342 FOR GEOLOGY DETAILS.
Comment Type: Location	Comment: ON THE WESTERN FLANK OF BLACK PEAK, IN BIG JOHNNIE GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

References

Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: PETERSON, N. P., 1962 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GLOBE-MIAMI DISTRICT, ARIZONA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 342 , P. 115
Reference Category: Production	Reference: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 342 , P. 115 .