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Rock Candy Mt. Mine

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10113492
MAS/MILS ID 0040230337
Record type Site
Current site name Rock Candy Mt. Mine
Alternate or previous names Coronado Nf, Part 12, Santa Rita Mt, Unit, Az, Usbm Ofr Mla 11-94.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.82598, 31.71263 (WGS84)
Elevation 1926
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Wrightson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rillito(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Mt. Wrightson Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020 S 015 E 08 NENE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.82598, 31.71263
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Date of Last Modification 940728

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greaterville District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner El Toro Mg Co.; Bossinger And Reed; Metler
    Year 1975

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Period 1933-1955
    Description 1933-1955 Avg 6%Cu, 22 Oz/T Ag, +Pb & Au 125 Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 396g/mt
    Major Copper Copper 6wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    S B KEITH, 1975, ARIZ BU MINES BULL 191, P. 55.

  • Deposit

    USBM FIELD NOTES CU60

  • Deposit

    ARIZ DEP MINES & MINERAL RES FILE DATA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-OCT-1994 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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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.