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Providence Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Barium-Barite
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Production statistics
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039617
MRDS ID M050505
Record type Site
Current site name Providence Mine
Alternate or previous names Yellow Bird Mine, Lincoln Mine Group
Related records 10162093

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.29819, 31.91845 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position 6 1/2 MILES NE OF PALO ALTO RANCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stevens Mountain(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017S 010E 26,27 SW (26); SE (27) Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Quartz-Sericite-Pyrite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.29819, 31.91845
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Paleozoic Beds Infolded With Mesozoic Sediments And Volcanics

Ore body information

  • General form SPOTTY

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphosed Limestone, Shattered Quartzite

Comments on the geologic information

  • CARBONATE BOXWORK AFTER CHALCOPYRITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1931

Mining district

District name Papago District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1919
    Period 1885 - 1919
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^14 % Cu, 12 Oz Ag/Ton, Minor Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 339g/mt
    Major Ore Copper Copper 14wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED IN LATE 1880'S FOR HIGH GRADE PB - AG ORE, AND SPORADICALLY FROM 1905 TO 1919 .

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKED IN LATE 1880'S FOR HIGH GRADE PB-AG ORE, AND SPOORADICALLY FROM 1905 TO 1931.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED NELSON BROS., LINCOLN CONSOLIDATED MINES, J.E. WOODS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN, 189 , P. 132 .

  • Deposit

    KRIEGER, M. H., 1973 .

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ( 8 ) ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 132 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDIZED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1972 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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