The Picacho Mine is a silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,474 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: 2,474 Feet (754 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 32.05639, -111.94694
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Picacho Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Picacho Mine
Secondary: Cahuabi
Secondary: Cababi
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1965
Time Period: 1850 - 1965
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^250 Oz Ag/Ton, 0.3 Oz Au/Ton, Minor Cu, Pb
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1850
Year Last Production: 1965
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Major Fault Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): WORKED PRIOR TO 1850'S SPORADICALLY TO 1960'S. PRODUCED AT LEAST 500 TONS.
Comment (Location): SW 1/4 SECTION 3 . PAPAGO INDIAN RESERVATION.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT AND PIT OPERATIONS
Comment (Commodity): SULPHIDES ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ NOT CARBONATES
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED PICACHO MINES INC., J.D. COFFMAN, ELDEN WILKERSON; 25 MEN EMPLOYED AS OF 1949
References
Reference (Production): ( 8 ) ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 112 .
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN, 189 , P. 112 .
Reference (Deposit): MACKALLOR, JULES A., MS 1957 ; GEOLOGY OF THE WESTERN PART OF THE COBABI MINING DIST., PIMA CITY, ARIZ. 108 PGS.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
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