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Papago Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, REE, Thorium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026744
MRDS ID M000038
Record type Site
Current site name Papago Mine
Related records 10234348

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.26047, 32.09511 (WGS84)
Elevation 341
Relative position 32 MILES SW OF AJO, 5 1/2 MILES N OF MEXICO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

O'Neill Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cabeza Prieta Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tule Desert(hydrologic unit)

Rio Sonoyta(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 015S 010W 26 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SECTION 26 . LUKE AIR FORCE RANGE AND CABEZA PRIETA GAME RANGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
REE Critical Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.26047, 32.09511
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SPOTTY

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Weak And Spotty, Yet Some Enriched Gold Values Near The Surface

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the production information

  • VERY MINOR PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS AND SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 82

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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