Pauline Mine

The Pauline Mine is a lead, copper, and silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,199 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

Name: Pauline Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Pima

Elevation: 4,199 Feet (1,280 Meters)

Commodity: Lead, Copper, Silver

Lat, Long: 31.92472, -110.69639

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Pauline Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Pauline Mine
Secondary: Hayward Sulfide
Secondary: Andrade


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Antimony


Location

State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Helvetia-Rosemont District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Year: 1952
Time Period: 1882-1952
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^2% Pb, 2% Cu, 1 Oz/T Ag, 0.3 Oz/T Au


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1902
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR, IRREGULAR, CRUDELY BANDED


Structure

Type: L
Description: Faults


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Partly Oxidized, Garnetized Limestone, Weak Quartz-Sericite-Pyrite


Rocks

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Garnet


Comments

Comment (Geology): ALTERATION & MINERALIZATION ARE IN BOTH LIMESTONE AND QUARTZ PORPH YRY. THE LIMESTONE IS SILICATED & SEEMS TO CARRY MOST OF THE SULFIDES. THE QUARTZ PORPHYRY IS CUT BY PYRITE VEINLETS. PYRITIC ALTERATION IS DISSEMINATED ERRATICALLY IN THE GENERAL AREA. NOT MUCH SERICITE & ONLY OCCURS IN QUARTZ PORPHYRY. CHALCOPYRITE APPEARS INTEROGINOUS WITH HEM ATITE. UNCERTAIN IF HEMATITE IS AFTER MAGNETITE

Comment (Commodity): ORE CONTAINS ABOUT 4 OZ/T AG AND "APPRECIABLE" GOLD

Comment (Workings): 150 FT DEEP SHAFT AND SURFACE WORKINGS

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050492 WITH RE CORD M030529 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Production): PRODUCED SPORADICALLY

Comment (Deposit): SULFIDES OCCUR AT 60 FT.


References

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 128

Reference (Production): KEITH, 1974

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582, P. 138

Reference (Deposit): CREASEY, S.C., 1973, FIELD EXAM


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