The Papago Mine is a gold mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,021 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: 2,021 Feet (616 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 32.56778, -112.18083
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Papago Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Papago Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Manganese
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1902
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: E-W Fault, Dips South 40
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): IN KOHATK VALLEY JUST NORTH OF COPPEROSITY HILLS
Comment (Workings): CROSSCUT TRENCHES ON VEIN, 3 SHAFTS OF 100 FT MAXIMUM WITH CROSSCUT DRIFTS FROM 2 OF THEM, SHORT TUNNEL
Comment (Deposit): LEDGE OF SILICIFIED GRANITE BRECCIA CONTAINING DISSEMINATED GOLD AND SILVER MINERALS
Comment (Development): CONSISTS OF 41 UNPATENTED CLAIMS; CLAIMS LOCATED IN 1902 BY W.T. DAVIS AT WHICH TIME THERE WERE ALREADY ABAONDONED WORKINGS ON THE PROPERTY. PRODUCED IN 1880'S-1890'S
References
Reference (Deposit): TENNEY, JAMES, HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA, 1927-1929 P 342
Reference (Deposit): TENNEY, J.B., ECONOMIC GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE OF CASA GRANDE MINING DISTRICT, AZ BUREAU OF MINES, 1934, P 15-16
Reference (Deposit): USAEC PRELIM RECONN REPORT 172-488 1953 P11
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-931
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA
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