The San Xavier Mine Shaft is a zinc, lead, and silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,550 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,550 Feet (1,082 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.97306, -111.09306
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San Xavier Mine Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: San Xavier Mine Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Pima District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.)
Production
Year: 1919
Time Period: 1913 - 19
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^10% Zn, 6% Pb, 3 Oz Ag/Ton, 0.7% Cu, Minor Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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
Form: IRREGULAR PIPES, LENSES, MANTOS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Limestone Beds Form A South-Plunging Syncline. Dips Range From 20 - 90 S. Ore Occurs Within The San Xavier Fault Zone. A Steeply South-Dipping Fault Zone Strikes N70e. It Is A Complex Zone With Variable Dip.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Hedenbergite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHAFT WORKINGS
Comment (Deposit): SAN XAVIER IS NOW PART OF THE MISSION COMPLEX. SEE RECORD MO50387. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): INDIVIDUAL ORE BODIES ARE SMALL AND NOT CONTINUOUS. AVERAGE WIDTH AND LENGTH ARE GIVEN IN SIZE/DIRECTIONAL DATA. OXIDATION EXTENDS TO IRREGULAR DEPTHS, 100 - 200 FEET, BUT CAN REACH AS DEEP AS THE 420 FOOT-LEVEL.
Comment (Production): WORKED AS EARLY AS 1700'S FOR SILVER. MAIN PRODUCTION WAS 1913 - 1918 AND 1943 - 1959 .
References
Reference (Production): ( 8 ) ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 137 . ( 9 , 10 ) ABM BULLETIN 140 . ( 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 ) ABM BULLETIN 156 .
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189, P. 137.
Reference (Deposit): MAYUGA, M.N., 1942, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE HELMET PEAK AREA, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: UNIV. ARIZ., PHD THESIS.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1950, ARIZONA ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS, PART 1: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 156, P. 46, 47.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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