St. Patrick Mine

The St. Patrick Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona.

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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: St. Patrick Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Santa Cruz

Elevation:

Commodity: Silver, Lead

Lat, Long: 31.37583, -111.09972

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St. Patrick Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: St. Patrick Mine


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc


Location

State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Pajarito District


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: F. M. Means
Years: 1935 -


Production

Year: 1930
Time Period: 1900-1930'S
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Averaged 110 Oz. Ag Per Ton, 18 % Pb, And Minor Au, Cu.


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1924
Year Last Production: 1935
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: NARROW AND LENSING, IRREGULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Nw-Trending Fault Zone


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Marcasite To Galena To Anglesite And Cerussite; Pyrite Gossan


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Amethyst
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Commodity): MINOR GOLD, COPPER AND ZINC IN GOUGE AND FRACTURE FILLINGS; HIGH GRADE SILVER POCKETS IN OXIDIZED PYRITE GOSSAN.

Comment (Production): HIGH GRADE SILVER MINED FROM SURFACE PRIOR TO 1900.

Comment (Workings): SHALLOW SHAFT AND ADIT OPERATIONS

Comment (Deposit): PRODUCED SMALL TONNAGES OF SILVER & LEAD WITH BYPRODUCT COPPER & GOLD 1920'S & 1930'S. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Deposit): ORE IN GOUGE AND FRACTURE FILLINGS. HIGH GRADE SILVER POCKETS IN OXIDIZED PYRITE GOSSAN.

Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED P. CLARKE (1935)

Comment (Geology): ORE IS FOUND ONLY WITHIN BOUNDING FAULT PLANES; NO TRACE OF THE HOST ROCK LEFT IN THE SHEAR ZONE EXCEPT FOR SOME QUARTZ PHENOCRYSTS.


References

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, H.R, 1973.

Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTIONS FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): USBM FILE DATA - CLUSTER #20 - ST. PATRICK MINE.

Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 191, P. 72.

Reference (Deposit): NELSON, F.S., 1963, THE GEOLOGY OF THE PENA BLANCA AND WALKER CANYON AREAS, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; MS THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA.


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