The Providence Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,599 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: 3,599 Feet (1,097 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.91833, -111.29750
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Providence Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Providence Mine
Secondary: Yellow Bird Mine
Secondary: Lincoln Mine Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Papago 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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1919
Time Period: 1885 - 1919
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^14 % Cu, 12 Oz Ag/Ton, Minor Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1931
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: SPOTTY
Structure
Type: L
Description: Paleozoic Beds Infolded With Mesozoic Sediments And Volcanics
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Quartz-Sericite-Pyrite
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): OXIDIZED.
Comment (Geology): CARBONATE BOXWORK AFTER CHALCOPYRITE.
Comment (Production): WORKED IN LATE 1880'S FOR HIGH GRADE PB - AG ORE, AND SPORADICALLY FROM 1905 TO 1919 .
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED NELSON BROS., LINCOLN CONSOLIDATED MINES, J.E. WOODS
Comment (Workings): WORKED IN LATE 1880'S FOR HIGH GRADE PB-AG ORE, AND SPOORADICALLY FROM 1905 TO 1931.
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN, 189 , P. 132 .
Reference (Deposit): KRIEGER, M. H., 1973 .
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): ( 8 ) ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 132 .
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