The Mildren Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Mildren Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mildren Mine
Secondary: Mildred
Secondary: East Wayne
Secondary: West Wayne
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1941
Time Period: 1932-1941
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^7% Pb, 12 Oz/T Ag, 0.2 Oz/T Au, 1.6% Cu
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1932
Year Last Production: 1941
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PODS AND LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation; Leaching Of Wall Rock
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Psilomelane
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Dolomite
Comments
Comment (Location): IN PAPAGO INDIAN RESERVATION
Comment (Production): PRODUCED 1932-1934, 1940-1941
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED WAYNE MINE CO, DUNN, MILDREN MINING CO.
Comment (Workings): SHAFTS AND PITS
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050610 WITH RE CORD M030555 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, 1962, PHD THESIS UNIV OF AZ, 145 P.
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, 1963, ECON GEOL V 58 P. 1119-1125
Reference (Deposit): MAC KALLOR, 1958, M.S. THESIS UNIV OF AZ, 108 P.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189
Reference (Deposit): ABM FILE DATA
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1974
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