The Old Mission Mine is a copper, lead, and silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Old Mission Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Old Mission Mine
Secondary: Old Bat
Secondary: Pellegrin
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Iron
Secondary: Manganese
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Amole District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1928
Time Period: 1920 - 1928
Material type: ORE CU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1% Cu, 0.3% Pb, 10 Oz Ag/Ton, 0.1 Oz Au/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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
Form: NARROW
Structure
Type: L
Description: See General Comments
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillitic, Other: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Jasper
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MAXIMUM EXPOSED LENGTH OF VEIN APPROX 100-110 METERS, BUT PROSPECT PITS CONTINUE BOTH TO E AND W OF VEIN; ALONG HILLSIDE, FOR 200 METERS. VEIN IS SUBPARALLEL TO CUTAXITIC STRUCTURE IN WELDED TUFF HOST ROCK BUT IN DETAIL CONTACTS ARE CROSSCUTTING. WALLROCK WEAKLY SILICIFIED TO WEAKLY ARGILLIZED. VEINIS SHEETED, LOCALLY CONTAINING STRINGERS OF PURPLISH-RED TO DARK BROWN (HEAVILY LIMONITIC) WEAKLY SILICIFIED WALLROCK; LOCALLY VEIN MATERIAL CEMENTS WALLROCK BRECCIA. 30M SE OF CENTRAL PART OF VEIN IS SHALLOW PROSPECT SHAFT WITH MINOR BLACK CALCITEON DUMP; VEIN IN THIS PIT IS PROBABLY ANOTHER VEIN ABOUT 10M BELOW MAIN VEIN. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Location): E CENTRAL SECTION 33
Comment (Workings): 7 TUNNELS, ONE TUNNEL PLUS PERPENDICULAR CUT, 2 PROSP. PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): KINNISON, J.E., 1958, GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN AMOLE DISTRICT: U.A. MS THESIS.
Reference (Deposit): ASHLEY, R.P., 1974.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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