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Tia Juana

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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 10135209
MRDS ID M030410
MAS/MILS ID 0040230382
Record type Site
Current site name Tia Juana
Alternate or previous names Santa Cruz, Tia Juana, and Santa, Coronado Nf, Part 12, Santa Rita Mt, Unit, Az, Usbm Ofr Mla 11-94., Maria Claims Previously Patent
Related records 10098360

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.88348, 31.66843 (WGS84)
Elevation 2010
Location accuracy 10(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 Hopkins(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(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 Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020 S 014 E 26 N2 Arizona

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.88348, 31.66843
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N85W
    Dip 90
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Strike And Dip N85W:90
    Date of Last Modification 940921

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 Tyndall

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Tiajuana Mines Inc
    Year 1975
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Bekins
    Year 1975

Production statistics

  • Year 1968
    Period 1870-1968
    Description 1870-1968 15 Oz/T Ag, 3%Pb, 3%Zn, 1%Cu 100 Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Copper Copper 1wt-pct
    Trace Zinc Zinc 3wt-pct
    Major Lead Lead 3wt-pct
    Major Silver Silver 474g/mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH S B 1975 AZBM BULL 191 P 87

  • Deposit

    AZBM CARD FILE SANTA CRUZ CTY

  • Deposit

    USBM FIELD NOTES AG15

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER F C 1915 USGS BULL 582 P191-193

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.