Papago Mine

The Papago Mine is a silver mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 600 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

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Site Name

Primary: Papago Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Chlorine
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Silver 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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: W. M. Winn
Years: 1933 -

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

Form: VUGS & IRREGULAR MASSES

Structure

Type: L
Description: Red Cloud Fault Zone Strikin N & Dipping Steeply E

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 1.10 TO 17.60 OZS/TON AG
Analytical Data: 0.1 TO 7.83% PB

Materials

Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Fluorite

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE FOUR OR MORE SHAFTS, WITH AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF DRIFTS AND STOPES

Comment (Geology): MANTLED BY GRAVELS OF BLACK ROCK WASH

Comment (Deposit): DUPLICATE RECORD #D000101 BY RICHARD P. FISCHER HAS BEEN DELETED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): CENTRAL SECTION 11.

Comment (Production): DURING THE EARLY DAYS, UNDER A DIFFERENT NAME, IT PRODUCED A CONSIDERABLE TONNAGE OF SILVER ORE

Comment (Deposit): IRREGULAR VEIN ALONG FAULT ZONE.

References

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 22.

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1951, ARIZONA ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 158, P. 96.

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 177.

Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): A.B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 70

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