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Papago Mine

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Vanadium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Chlorine, Bismuth, Copper, Manganese, Molybdenum
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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. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102454
MRDS ID M002445
Record type Site
Current site name Papago Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.59996, 33.09146 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Relative position 3000 FT. SOUTH OF THE REDCLOUD MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Picacho(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trigo Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(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 La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004S 023W 11 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • CENTRAL SECTION 11.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Chlorine Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.1 TO 7.83% PB
Result 1.10 TO 17.60 OZS/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.59996, 33.09146
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Red Cloud Fault Zone Strikin N & Dipping Steeply E

Ore body information

  • General form VUGS & IRREGULAR MASSES
    Strike N
    Dip E
    Thickness 2.13M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Papago Vein, Which Occurs Within The Red Cloud Fault Zone And One Of Its North-Northwesterly Branches

Comments on the geologic information

  • MANTLED BY GRAVELS OF BLACK ROCK WASH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. M. Winn
    First year 1933

Comments on the production information

  • DURING THE EARLY DAYS, UNDER A DIFFERENT NAME, IT PRODUCED A CONSIDERABLE TONNAGE OF SILVER ORE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 76.2M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDE FOUR OR MORE SHAFTS, WITH AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF DRIFTS AND STOPES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 22.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1951, ARIZONA ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 158, P. 96.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 177.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    A.B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 70

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR VEIN ALONG FAULT ZONE.
Deposit DUPLICATE RECORD #D000101 BY RICHARD P. FISCHER HAS BEEN DELETED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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