1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Cedar Tree Mine

Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109029
MRDS ID M002857
Record type Site
Current site name Cedar Tree Mine
Related records 10258691

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.88125, 33.43758 (WGS84)
Elevation 1201
Relative position 4000 FT. SW OF COPPER CITIES OPEN-PIT MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Inspiration(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001N 014E 12 CENTER OF S2 OF S2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.88125, 33.43758
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 70 E
    Dip 80 S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1913
Year of last production 1933

Mining district

District name Miami-Inspiration District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Fallgren And Libby
    First year 1933

Comments on the production information

  • NO RECORDS OF THE PRODUCTION OF METALS OR GRADE OF ORE ARE AVAILABLE. THE TOTAL ORE MINED WAS LESS THAN 2500 TONS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 22.86M

Comments on development

  • 1 CLAIM, OPERATED IN 1913 BY LOUIS D'OR GOLD MINING CO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Arizona resources

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