Providencia Claim

The Providencia Claim is a copper and molybdenum mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,600 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Providencia Claim

State:  Arizona

County:  Santa Cruz

Elevation: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)

Commodity: Copper, Molybdenum

Lat, Long: 31.38806, -110.76444

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Providencia Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Providencia Claim


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Molybdenum


Location

State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Patagonia District


Land Status

Administrative Organization: Coronado National Forest


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: E-W And Ne Trending Quartz Veins And Associated Bands Of Crushed Mineralized Rock In Fault Fissures Cutting Diorite And Quartz Monzonite

Type: L
Description: Quartz Monzonite Is Locally Intruded By Granite Porphyry And Underlain By Diorite


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): NEAR GOLDEN ROSE & BUENA VISTA MINES. IN PROVIDENCIA CANYON, 1/2 MI N OF KING MINE. INFO FROM LAND.ST :01, 41? (1979)

Comment (Development): 1 PATENTED CLAIM.

Comment (Deposit): 1 SQUARE MILE AREA

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030403 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT


References

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER & HILL, 1910, USGS BULL 430.

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582.

Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, 1974, USGS MAP I-762.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILE DATA.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI


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