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Pat Property

Prospect in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Aluminum, Potassium, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10234982
MRDS ID D002154
MAS/MILS ID 0040230001
Record type Site
Current site name Pat Property
Alternate or previous names Patagonia Property, Pat Alunite
Related records 10009276

Comments on the site names

  • ALSO CALLED PATAGONIA.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.72707, 31.50594 (WGS84)
Elevation 1935
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Hughes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 022 S 016 E 21 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Potassium Tertiary
Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.72707, 31.50594
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 100M
    Length 1609M
    Width 1609M
    Area 405HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 405
    Date of Last Modification 810424

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1972

Mining district

District name Harshaw District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the ownership information

  • PROSPECTING PERMITS ON 6,813.11 ACRES. LEASES DROPPED IN 1990

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Indicated 88000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 88000000mt ore
    Total resources 88000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Aluminum Al2O3 12 wt-pct Aluminum Trace 1974

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 86HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method BENCH (BERM)
    Swell Factor .67
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 10
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 50
    Capacity 9072
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost .85
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    EARTH SCIENCES, INCORPORATED. 1974 S.E.C. FORM 10-K, P.

  • Reserve-Resource

    22.

  • Deposit

    RECORD 020, 021, 022 REF. E&MJ, SEPT. 1974.

  • Deposit

    REF. SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA

  • Deposit

    AND PATAGONIA MTNS., ARIZ.: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 5

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REVISED EVALUATION MADE BY R.A. SALISBURY. REC. 130 EST. UNIT PRODUCTION COST IS ASSUMED TO MATCH THE N DEPOSIT IN BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH. RECORD 160 - SHIPPING POINT IS PAT PROPERTY PLANT, NEAR PATA RECORD 160 ASSUME DESTINATION OF CONC. TO BE TEXAS, ROCKDALE AT LEAST 7 YEARS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BRING THIS DEPOSIT TO PRODUCTION STAGE. THIS PROPERTY WAS VISITED BY R. SALISBURY ON MAY 16, 1975. GRADES ARE IN TERMS OF AL203 (ALUMINA). RECORD 130 ACQUISITION NOT INCLUDED. ASSUME $0.14 PER TO ASSUME COST DATA GOOD TO MAY 30, 1975. AS OF 1974, EARTH SCIENCES, INC., HELD FEDERAL POTASSIUM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-SEP-1995 Salisbury U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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