Mine detail: Peabody Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

32.11623, -110.06566

Resource(B)

Primary:	Copper, Silver
Tertiary:	Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Fluorite, Garnet, Idocrase, Quartz, Wollastonite
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1882

Geology

Host rock:	Horquilla Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Massive Fracture System, Tert Block Faulting, Tilting Ne ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N To Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne, Ne Fault System N15-20e, 65-75e; E Fault System N70e To S70e, 45-80s
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Of Ore.

References

MRDS	M050010
DEP	10039386
Reference	{Deposit:: COOPER, J.R., AND SILVER, L.T., 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 416.}{Deposit:: COOPER, J.R., 1950, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, GEOL. SER. 18, BULL 156.}{Deposit:: ECON. GEOL., V. 1, 1906, P. 651-59, FIG. 48.}{Deposit:: LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Deposit:: 1964 GEOLMAP U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COOPER AND SILVER, PROF. PAPER 41}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: COOPER AND SILVER, 1964}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R., Rodriguez, Ignacio (Gest, Don E.), Orris, Greta J.