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St. Patrick Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108959
MRDS ID M000022
Record type Site
Current site name St. Patrick Mine
Related records 10184243

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.16878, 32.16483 (WGS84)
Elevation 866
Relative position 3 1/2 MILES W OF QUIJOTOA TRADING POST

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maish Vaya(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Rosa Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 014S 002E 33 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UTM IS GENERAL FOR AREA.
  • E CENTER SECTION 33 . PAPAGO INDIAN RESERVATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Strongly Chloritized And Pyritized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.16878, 32.16483
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone Between Rhyolitic Volcanics And Quartz Diorite

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR FRACTURES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1956
Year of last production 1956

Production statistics

  • Year 1956
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^2 % Cu, 1 Oz Ag/Ton, Minor Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 32g/mt
    Ore Copper Copper 2wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • THE 1935-1940 PRODUCTION WAS CALCULATED FROM $546 PRODUCTION.

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL AND PIT OPERATIONS.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED COVERED WELL CO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 141

  • Production

    ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 141 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD OCCURS IN A GRAVEL BAR CONTAINING ABUNDANT BOULDERS AND LITTLE CLAY. THE BAR RESTS ON GRANITE PEDIMENT. THE GRAVELS RANGE FROM 6 TO 11 FT THICK.
Deposit OXIDIZED

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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