The Pacific Mine is a copper, gold, and silver mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,701 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
Elevation: 4,701 Feet (1,433 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 34.13167, -112.37611
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Pacific Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pacific Mine
Secondary: Sunnyside Group
Secondary: Sunnside
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Silver Mountain District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: E. J. Mitchell
Years: 1915 -
Owner Name: Pacific Copper Mining Co
Years: 1914 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Year Last Production: 1911
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: LENSES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Foliation In Proterozoic Metamorphic Rocks Trends N30e
Type: L
Description: Veins In Deposit Parallel Foliation In Precambrian Rocks
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Bornite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON SILVER CREEK. UTM LOCATION MEASURED TO SHAFT NORTH OF CREEK IN SECTION 9.
Comment (Deposit): LINDGREN (USGS BULL 782, P. 178) THOUGHT PACIFIC MINE MIGHT HAVE BEEN PYRITE IMPREGNATION IN SCHIST, OR PRECAMBRIAN MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT. HIGH AU & AG VAULES PROBABLY INDICATED IT TO BE A VEIN DEPOSIT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Development): CONSISTS OF 30 CLAIMS OF WHICH 10 ARE PATENTED. PATENTED CLAIMS = MS 2803
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN IN PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC ROCKS
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AT LEAST 3 SHAFTS
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC ROCKS. AGE OF MINERALIZATION PROBABLY PALEO-MIO FROM CLOSE SPATIAL ASSOCIATION WITH RHYOLITE DIKES
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 782, P. 178
Reference (Deposit): YAVAPAI MAGAZINE VOL. VI #6, P 12
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