The Payoff Mine is a copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona.
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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
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Payoff Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Payoff Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Arivaca District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Martin Gibbs And Karl Stewart
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1951
Year Last Production: 1952
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation, Surface Weathering
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): MINE NOT MENTIONED IN ABGMT 189. DESCRIPTION OF AJAX MINE, M050509, AND DISTRICT DESCRIPTION USED.
Comment (Location): CENTER OF SW 1/4 SECTION 5 ASSUMED; MANY PROSPECTS; MILS LOCATION ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Commodity): NEARBY AJAX MINE CONTAINS CHALCOPYRITE AND ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT 189, P 103
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
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