Moon Mining Property

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10113681
MAS/MILS ID 0040210722
Record type Site
Current site name Moon Mining Property
Alternate or previous names Patented Claims M S 3752, Moon Claims, Juno Group, Az,State Mng.And Smtg.Co.Property, Black Copper Group, Griffey-Swartz Group, Amalgamated Copper Mng.Property, Alta Central Mng.Co

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.2429, 33.17899 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mineral Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 003 S 011 E 08 S2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.2429, 33.17899

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Moon Development Co.
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1966

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLAIMS EXTEND INTO SEC.7,16,17 AND 18.

  • Deposit

    MOON CLAIMS ARE UNPATENTED,JUNO GROUP CLAIMS ARE PATENTED

  • Deposit

    USGS MINERAL MTN QUAD

  • Deposit

    USGS FLORENCE NE QUAD

  • Deposit

    BLM MINING DIST SHEET 599

  • Deposit

    ADMR MOON CLAIMS FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMR ARIZONA STATE MINING AND SMELTING CO FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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