The Chief Mine is a lead, silver, and copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,800 feet.
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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
Elevation: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 31.87139, -110.64000
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Chief Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chief Mine
Secondary: Hiltano Group
Secondary: State of Maine Group
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Empire District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1963
Time Period: 1900 - 1963
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^25% Pb, 8 Oz Ag/Ton, 0.5 % Cu, Minor Au, Zn
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: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR, CHIMNEYS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Badly Faulted Limestone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Massive Sulphide Gossan
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Aurichalcite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Aragonite
Gangue: Siderite
Comments
Comment (Production): WORKED INTERMITTENTLY FROM EARLY 1900'S TO 1963 .
Comment (Workings): INCLINE SHAFT.
References
Reference (Production): ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 117 .
Reference (Deposit): FEISS, J.W., 1929, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF HILTANO CAMP, ARIZONA: UNIV. ARIZ. MS THESIS.
Reference (Deposit): CREASEY, S.C., 1973 .
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189, P. 118.
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