Patagonia Property

The Patagonia Property is a mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,348 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: Patagonia Property
Secondary: Pat Property
Secondary: Pat Alunite

Commodity

Tertiary: Aluminum
Tertiary: Potassium
Tertiary: Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid

Location

State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Harshaw 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

Type: Federal Lease

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1972
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Alunite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): REVISED EVALUATION MADE BY R.A. SALISBURY. REC. 130 EST. UNIT PRODUCTION COST IS ASSUMED TO MATCH THE N DEPOSIT IN BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH. RECORD 160 - SHIPPING POINT IS PAT PROPERTY PLANT, NEAR PATA RECORD 160 ASSUME DESTINATION OF CONC. TO BE TEXAS, ROCKDALE AT LEAST 7 YEARS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BRING THIS DEPOSIT TO PRODUCTION STAGE. THIS PROPERTY WAS VISITED BY R. SALISBURY ON MAY 16, 1975. GRADES ARE IN TERMS OF AL203 (ALUMINA). RECORD 130 ACQUISITION NOT INCLUDED. ASSUME $0.14 PER TO ASSUME COST DATA GOOD TO MAY 30, 1975. AS OF 1974, EARTH SCIENCES, INC., HELD FEDERAL POTASSIUM

Comment (Names): ALSO CALLED PATAGONIA.

Comment (Ownership): PROSPECTING PERMITS ON 6,813.11 ACRES. LEASES DROPPED IN 1990

References

Reference (Reserve-Resource): EARTH SCIENCES, INCORPORATED. 1974 S.E.C. FORM 10-K, P.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): 22.

Reference (Deposit): RECORD 020, 021, 022 REF. E&MJ, SEPT. 1974.

Reference (Deposit): REF. SCHRADER, FRANK C., 1915, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA

Reference (Deposit): AND PATAGONIA MTNS., ARIZ.: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 5

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