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Broad Top

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Silver, Tungsten
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  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 10113504
MRDS ID M050524
MAS/MILS ID 0040190137
Record type Site
Current site name Broad Top
Alternate or previous names Broad Top Mine, Unit, Az, Usbm Ofr Mla 11-94., Coronado Nf, Part 12, Santa Rita Mt
Related records 10039628

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.75898, 31.85293 (WGS84)
Elevation 1340
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Helvetia(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 018 S 015 E 24 NESE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.75898, 31.85293
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Helvetia-Rosemont District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Lewisohn Copper Co
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.)
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1992
    First year 1988

Comments on the ownership information

  • BROAD TOP PATENTED CLAIM IS PART OF THE HELVETIA PROPERTY OWNED BY ASARCO (1992).

Production statistics

  • Year 1950
    Description Avg 5% Cu, 10 Oz/T Ag, Minor Au 3600 Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 316g/mt
    Major Copper Copper 5wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    S B KEITH ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 189 P124

  • Deposit

    USGS SAHUARITA QUADRANGLE

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.

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.) — acquired by Asarco LLC, subsidiary of Grupo México (2009)
    American Smelting and Refining Co. Filed Chapter 11 in 2005; acquired out of bankruptcy by Grupo México in 2009.

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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