The Silver Pass Mine is a silver and copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona.
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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.
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Silver Pass Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Pass Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Amole District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past 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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Poorly Exposed Fault At Shaft Collar
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Qtz-Ser-Pyr, Argillitic, Py-Gossan
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SHAFT OPEN BUT FILLED WITH TRASH. SHORT'S RANCH ANDESITE ON DUMP SHOWS ARGILLIZATION OR LOOKS SILICIFIED (PROBABLY QTZ-SERICITE ALTERATION), WITH FEW % DISSEMINATED PYRITE. SOME CELLULAR LIMONITE GOSSAN IN OXIDIZED ALTERED ROCK. CELLULAR LIMONITE GOSSAN ALSO IN TUFF IN PROSPECT PIT 55 M WEST OF SHAFT.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: TUFF CALLED SAFFORD TUFF IN VICINITY SHOULD PROBABLYBE INCLUDED IN CAT MTN RHYOLITE.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, PROSPECT PIT
References
Reference (Deposit): KINNISON, J.E., 1958, GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN AMOLE DIST: U.A. MS THESIS.
Reference (Deposit): ASHLEY, R. P. 1974, FIELD EXAM.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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