Mine detail: Johnson Mine

Previously called 'Climax ShaftJohnson Camp MineCyprus Johnson DepositBurro PitRepublicMammothPeabodyCopper ChiefCoronado Copper & Zinc Co.'

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Location

Lat / long: 32.1104, -110.06372

Resource(B)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum, Beryllium, Tungsten, Wollastonite
Ore: Aurichalcite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Molybdenite, Powellite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Tenorite, Wollastonite
Gangue: Calcite, Diopside, Epidote, Hematite, Jarosite, Limonite, Quartz, Sphene
Orebody form: BEDDED, TABULAR
Discovery year: 1880

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1881

Geology

Host rock:Abrigo Formation; Escabrosa Limestone; Horquilla Limestone
Host type:Shale,Limestone,Dolomite
Associated rock:Texas Canyon Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Structure:Nw Tert Block Faulting, Republic Fault, Massive Fracture Systems Trending Ne, E, And Nw
Tectonic:Basin And Range
Alteration processes:Quartz Veining Of Quartz Monzonite With Muscovite-Silica-Pyrite And Argillic Envelopes; Sericitization

References

MRDSM050007
DEP10039384
Reference{Deposit:: COOPER & SILVER, 1964, USGS PP 416.}{Deposit:: COOPER, 1950, ABM BULL 156.}{Deposit:: KEITH, 1973, ABM BULL 187.}{Deposit:: CLAYTON, 1978, AZ GEOL SOC DIGEST, V. 11, P. 17-24.}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., NIEMUTH, N.J., AND BAIN, D.R., 1992, ACTIVE MINES IN ARIZONA - 1993: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 40, 25 P.}{Deposit:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1992, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.}{Deposit:: SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATS BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.}{Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, 1994, DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE MINES IN ARIZONA, INCORPORATING SAND & GRAVEL OPERATIONS -- 1994: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 42, 24 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: GREELEY, 1978; PHILLIPS AND OTHERS, 1992; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A., Orris, Greta J.