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Princess Pat Mine.

Past Producer in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Lead
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039454
MRDS ID M050102
Record type Site
Current site name Princess Pat Mine.
Related records 10209605

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.3579, 32.99732 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Relative position 2 3/4 MILES N OF ARAVAIPA IN OLD DEER CREEK CANYON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cobre Grande Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005S 019E 13 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Iron Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Williamson Canyon Tuff, Andesitic Lava
    Rock description Williamson Canyon Tuff, Andesitic Lava

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.3579, 32.99732
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Block Faults Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Minor Precretaceous E And Ne Trending Faults And Major Post-Cretaceous Faulting.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 20 W
    Dip STEEPLY W.
    Thickness 2.13M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone Which Cuts Volcanics.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ANDESITIC LAVA AND TUFF CUT BY FAULT ZONE UP TO 6 FT. WIDE. MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN THIS ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925

Mining district

District name Aravaipa District

Comments on the production information

  • 1 TON OXIDIZED CU ORE SHIPPED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 323.09M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ADIT(FLOODED), CROSSCUTS, OPENCUTS. 60 BY 20 CONCRETE LEACHING TANK, 55 BY 3 CONCRETE PECIPITATION TANK AND A LARGE CONCRETE WATER STORAGE TANK.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: CAN BE REACHED BY ROAD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 461

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 763

  • Deposit

    1925 GEOLMAP ROSS, C.P. BULL. 763.

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP SIMONS, F.S. PROF. PAPER 461.

  • Production

    SIMONS, 1964.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1972 Bergquist, Joel R. 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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