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Copper Ledge Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026729
MRDS ID M000003
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Ledge Mine
Related records 10283409

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.83907, 32.35343 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Relative position 2 MILES SE OF AJO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ajo South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tenmile Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 012S 006W 25 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE (UTM)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.83907, 32.35343
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ajo District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION NOT MORE THAN 25 TONS, IDLE AFTER 1942 .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 45.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F. E., 1963 , TABULATION OF SELECTED COPPER DEPOSITS IN THE US: USBM (UNPUBLISHED)

  • Production

    USBM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.