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Mesquite Group

Prospect in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
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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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10137278
MAS/MILS ID 0040190756
Record type Site
Current site name Mesquite Group
Alternate or previous names Copper Fern

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -111.34739, 31.66183 (WGS84)
Elevation 1113
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cerro Colorado(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020 S 010 E 29 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -111.34739, 31.66183
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bill Loveall
    Interest 100
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner
    Owner W. D Roper, Chas D Mareydt, And Harvey D Riggs
    Interest 100
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1961

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADDNL HOLDINGS IN T20S R10E SEC 30

  • Deposit

    ARIZ DEPT MIN RES FILE DATA 1961

  • Deposit

    HIRT, WILLIAM C, 1978, NATIVE COPPER MINERALIZATION IN THE

  • Deposit

    SILVER BELL ANDESITE AT LAS GUIJAS, PIMA COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA, UNIV OF ARIZONA M S THESIS.

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.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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