The Providencia Claim is a copper and molybdenum mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,600 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 31.38806, -110.76444
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Providencia Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Providencia Claim
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Patagonia District
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Coronado National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: 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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: E-W And Ne Trending Quartz Veins And Associated Bands Of Crushed Mineralized Rock In Fault Fissures Cutting Diorite And Quartz Monzonite
Type: L
Description: Quartz Monzonite Is Locally Intruded By Granite Porphyry And Underlain By Diorite
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR GOLDEN ROSE & BUENA VISTA MINES. IN PROVIDENCIA CANYON, 1/2 MI N OF KING MINE. INFO FROM LAND.ST :01, 41? (1979)
Comment (Development): 1 PATENTED CLAIM.
Comment (Deposit): 1 SQUARE MILE AREA
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030403 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENU M FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER & HILL, 1910, USGS BULL 430.
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582.
Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, 1974, USGS MAP I-762.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILE DATA.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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