Panama Mine.

Prospect in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039446
MRDS ID M050092
Record type Site
Current site name Panama Mine.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.35568, 32.95732 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Relative position ON HILLSIDE JUST EAST OF ARAVAIPA.

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 36 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINERALIZED ZONE 20 TO 25 FT. WIDE NEAR FAULT CONTAINS 10-15 PERCENT OF COMBINED GALENA AND SPHALERITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicated Limestone.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name 68 My/Copper Creek Granodiorite
    Rock description 68 My/Copper Creek Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Horquilla Limestone Limestone And Shale.;Bolsa Quartzite Quartzite
    Rock description Horquilla Limestone Limestone And Shale.;Bolsa Quartzite Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.35568, 32.95732

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NS
    Dip W
    Length 15.24M
    Width 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: HORQUILLA LIMESTONE FAULTED AGAINST BOLSA QUARTZITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Aravaipa District

Comments on the production information

  • UNKNOWN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M

Comments on development

  • MINE ABANDONED 1957.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 461

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 763

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1948 DIREXPL ATHLETIC MINING CO., DRILLING.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    SIMONS, F.S. 1964.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED ZONES ARE 20 TO 25 FT. WIDE NEAR FAULT IN ALTERED LIMESTONE.

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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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