The Pauline Mine is a lead, copper, and silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,199 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: 4,199 Feet (1,280 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.92472, -110.69639
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Pauline Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pauline Mine
Secondary: Hayward Sulfide
Secondary: Andrade
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Helvetia-Rosemont District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1952
Time Period: 1882-1952
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^2% Pb, 2% Cu, 1 Oz/T Ag, 0.3 Oz/T Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1902
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: TABULAR, IRREGULAR, CRUDELY BANDED
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Partly Oxidized, Garnetized Limestone, Weak Quartz-Sericite-Pyrite
Rocks
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Geology): ALTERATION & MINERALIZATION ARE IN BOTH LIMESTONE AND QUARTZ PORPH YRY. THE LIMESTONE IS SILICATED & SEEMS TO CARRY MOST OF THE SULFIDES. THE QUARTZ PORPHYRY IS CUT BY PYRITE VEINLETS. PYRITIC ALTERATION IS DISSEMINATED ERRATICALLY IN THE GENERAL AREA. NOT MUCH SERICITE & ONLY OCCURS IN QUARTZ PORPHYRY. CHALCOPYRITE APPEARS INTEROGINOUS WITH HEM ATITE. UNCERTAIN IF HEMATITE IS AFTER MAGNETITE
Comment (Commodity): ORE CONTAINS ABOUT 4 OZ/T AG AND "APPRECIABLE" GOLD
Comment (Workings): 150 FT DEEP SHAFT AND SURFACE WORKINGS
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050492 WITH RE CORD M030529 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Production): PRODUCED SPORADICALLY
Comment (Deposit): SULFIDES OCCUR AT 60 FT.
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 128
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1974
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582, P. 138
Reference (Deposit): CREASEY, S.C., 1973, FIELD EXAM
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