Mine detail: Antelope Mine

Previously called 'Soldier BoyAntelope PeakMeyer'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.89288, -110.84263

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Melaconite
Gangue:	Kaolinite, Sericite
Discovery year:	1885

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1885
Last production ended:	1922

Geology

Host rock:	Pinal Schist
Host type:	Schist,Granite
Structure:	Major Nw Trending Low-Angle Fault, 1/4 Mile Sw, Mine On Lower Block (Camp Grant Fault), To East, 3/4 Miles, Is A Nnw Trending, 50-60 Ne Dipping Sequence Of Precambrian Diabase, Dripping Spring Quartzite, And Pioneer Formation, Cut Occasionally By Small Ene Trending Normal Faults, Brecciated Ew Fracture Zone, Nnw Trending Aplite Intrusive Body
Alteration processes:	Strong Oxidation On Upper Levels, More Sulfides At Lower Levels

References

MRDS	M241241
DEP	10046329
Reference	{Deposit:: ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL, VOLUME III, NO. 11, APRIL, 1920, P. 28}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: USGS GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-1106, 1974.}{Deposit:: REED, W.H., 1924 MINES HANDBOOK, VOLUME XVI, P. 225}{Deposit:: ADMR ANTELOPE PEAK COPPER MINING COMPANY FILE}
Reporter	Gest, Don E.