| Deposit ID | 10109604 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M050288 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Papago Chief Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Napoleon |
| Related records | 10137492 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.62903, 31.67596 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1372 |
| Relative position | 14 MILES NNW OF SASABE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pima(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Aguirre Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Brawley Wash(hydrologic unit)
Santa Cruz(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Pima |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 020S | 007E | 21 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock |
| (1) | -111.62903, 31.67596 |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1900 |
| Year of last production | 1956 |
| District name | Mildred Peak District |
|---|
| Year | 1956 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1900 - 1956 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^2 % Cu, 5.6 Oz Ag/Ton, 0.04 Oz Au/Ton, Minor Pb. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 198.12M |
| Overall depth | 30.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M050288 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040190352 |
KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 109 .
WRIGHT, R. J., 1950 , RECONNAISSANCE OF CERTAIN URANIUM DEPOSITS IN ARIZONA: US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION RM0-679 .
ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
( 8 ) ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 109 .
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEIN EXPOSURE OF 3000 FT WITH SERIES OF CROSS CUT TRENCHES |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1979 | Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-OCT-1981 | Rodriguez, Ignacio J. (Gest, Don E.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
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