Mine detail: Papago Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

33.09146, -114.59996

Resource(B)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Lead
Tertiary:	Zinc, Vanadium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Chlorine, Bismuth, Copper, Manganese, Molybdenum
Ore:	Anglesite, Cerargyrite, Malachite, Pyrolusite, Smithsonite, Vanadinite, Wulfenite
Gangue:	Fluorite, Quartz
Orebody form:	VUGS & IRREGULAR MASSES

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Granite
Associated type:	Tuff
Structure:	Red Cloud Fault Zone Strikin N & Dipping Steeply E

References

MRDS	M002445
DEP	10102454
Reference	{Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 22.}{Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., 1951, ARIZONA ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 158, P. 96.}{Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 177.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: A.B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 70}
Reporter	Gere, W., Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.), Orris, Greta J.