The Patagonia Property is a mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,348 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: 6,348 Feet (1,935 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 31.5058, -110.72640
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Patagonia Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Patagonia Property
Secondary: Pat Property
Secondary: Pat Alunite
Commodity
Tertiary: Aluminum
Tertiary: Potassium
Tertiary: Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Harshaw District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Federal Lease
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1972
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Alunite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): REVISED EVALUATION MADE BY R.A. SALISBURY. REC. 130 EST. UNIT PRODUCTION COST IS ASSUMED TO MATCH THE N DEPOSIT IN BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH. RECORD 160 - SHIPPING POINT IS PAT PROPERTY PLANT, NEAR PATA RECORD 160 ASSUME DESTINATION OF CONC. TO BE TEXAS, ROCKDALE AT LEAST 7 YEARS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BRING THIS DEPOSIT TO PRODUCTION STAGE. THIS PROPERTY WAS VISITED BY R. SALISBURY ON MAY 16, 1975. GRADES ARE IN TERMS OF AL203 (ALUMINA). RECORD 130 ACQUISITION NOT INCLUDED. ASSUME $0.14 PER TO ASSUME COST DATA GOOD TO MAY 30, 1975. AS OF 1974, EARTH SCIENCES, INC., HELD FEDERAL POTASSIUM
Comment (Names): ALSO CALLED PATAGONIA.
Comment (Ownership): PROSPECTING PERMITS ON 6,813.11 ACRES. LEASES DROPPED IN 1990
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): EARTH SCIENCES, INCORPORATED. 1974 S.E.C. FORM 10-K, P.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): 22.
Reference (Deposit): RECORD 020, 021, 022 REF. E&MJ, SEPT. 1974.
Reference (Deposit): REF. SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA
Reference (Deposit): AND PATAGONIA MTNS., ARIZ.: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 5
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