The Mexican Hat Project is a gold mine located in Cochise county, Arizona.
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Mexican Hat Project MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mexican Hat Project
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Turquoise District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Oneida Resources Inc., Placer Dome U. S., Inc.
Owner Name: Placer Dome U. S., Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Victoria Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Extends To A Depth Of At Least 500 Ft; Argillic Alteration
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 2 TARGETS IDENTIFIED: (1) NEAR VICTORIA FAULT, ESPECIALLY WHERE IT INTERSECTS NORTH-TRENDING FAULTS (2)BULK-MINABLE OPEN PIT TARGET UNDER MEXICAN HAT PEAK, ZONE 500 FT NORTH-SOUTH AND 400 FT EAST-WEST WITH DEPTH TO 500 FT; AU MINERALIZATION ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY CONFINED TO STEEPLY DIPPING FAULTS AND FRACTURES, SEEMS RELATED TO FRACTURE DENSITY. SIX MAJOR GOLD-BEARING ZONES FOUND.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ESTIMATE BASED ON 47 DRILL HOLES AND INVOLVES ONLY RESOURCES TO A DEPTH OF 600 FT. 50% AVERAGE DILUTION FACTOR ASSUMED.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): OWNERS ARE CONFIDENT THAT RESERVES WILL BE INCREASED DURING THE SECOND PHASE OF EXPLORATION.
Comment (Development): 20 REVERSE CIRCULATION HOLES AND ONE IN PROGRESS (1989); TRENCHING; PHASE 2 OF EXPLORATION ($865,000) IS TO BE COMPLETE BY FEBRUARY 1990, 34,000 FT OF EXPLORATION HOLES. ; ECON.COM: PLACER CAN EARN A 60% INTEREST; AU SHOULD BE AMENABLE TO RECOVERY BY LOW COST LEACHING. PLACER HAS DECIDED TO EXERCISE OPTION TO BUY 600,000 SHARES AT $2.25 PER SHARE.
References
Reference (Deposit): ONEIDA RESOURCES INC. REPORTS
Reference (Deposit): EPLER, BILL, 1989, PLACER DOME STARTS SECOND EXPLORATION PHASE AT MEXICAN HAT: SOUTHWESTERN PAY DIRT, NO. 604, P. 5A.
Reference (Deposit): NORTHERN MINER, 1989, PLACER CONTINUES WITH MEXICAN HAT: V. 75, NO. 29, P. 13.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): EPLER, 1989, P. 5A.
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