The Papago Chief Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,501 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
Elevation: 4,501 Feet (1,372 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.67583, -111.62833
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Papago Chief Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Papago Chief Mine
Secondary: Napoleon
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Mildred Peak District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1956
Time Period: 1900 - 1956
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^2 % Cu, 5.6 Oz Ag/Ton, 0.04 Oz Au/Ton, Minor Pb.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
Year Last Production: 1956
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
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified And Sericitized Wall Rock.
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED GRISCOM MINING CO., PAPAGO CHIEF COPPER, OWENS & FREELAND
Comment (Deposit): VEIN EXPOSURE OF 3000 FT WITH SERIES OF CROSS CUT TRENCHES
Comment (Workings): DEPTH AND LENGTH OF WORKINGS AS OF 1943
Comment (Geology): METAJORBERNITE ASSOCIATED WITH COPPER MINERALS
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 109 .
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, R. J., 1950 , RECONNAISSANCE OF CERTAIN URANIUM DEPOSITS IN ARIZONA: US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION RM0-679 .
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Production): ( 8 ) ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 109 .
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