The St. Patrick Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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St. Patrick Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: St. Patrick Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Pajarito 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: F. M. Means
Years: 1935 -
Production
Year: 1930
Time Period: 1900-1930'S
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Averaged 110 Oz. Ag Per Ton, 18 % Pb, And Minor Au, Cu.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1924
Year Last Production: 1935
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: NARROW AND LENSING, IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nw-Trending Fault Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Marcasite To Galena To Anglesite And Cerussite; Pyrite Gossan
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Amethyst
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Commodity): MINOR GOLD, COPPER AND ZINC IN GOUGE AND FRACTURE FILLINGS; HIGH GRADE SILVER POCKETS IN OXIDIZED PYRITE GOSSAN.
Comment (Production): HIGH GRADE SILVER MINED FROM SURFACE PRIOR TO 1900.
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW SHAFT AND ADIT OPERATIONS
Comment (Deposit): PRODUCED SMALL TONNAGES OF SILVER & LEAD WITH BYPRODUCT COPPER & GOLD 1920'S & 1930'S. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Deposit): ORE IN GOUGE AND FRACTURE FILLINGS. HIGH GRADE SILVER POCKETS IN OXIDIZED PYRITE GOSSAN.
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED P. CLARKE (1935)
Comment (Geology): ORE IS FOUND ONLY WITHIN BOUNDING FAULT PLANES; NO TRACE OF THE HOST ROCK LEFT IN THE SHEAR ZONE EXCEPT FOR SOME QUARTZ PHENOCRYSTS.
References
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, H.R, 1973.
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTIONS FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILE DATA - CLUSTER #20 - ST. PATRICK MINE.
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 191, P. 72.
Reference (Deposit): NELSON, F.S., 1963, THE GEOLOGY OF THE PENA BLANCA AND WALKER CANYON AREAS, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; MS THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA.
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