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Orphan Boy

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities 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. 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 10137350
MRDS ID M899861
MAS/MILS ID 0040210936
Record type Site
Current site name Orphan Boy
Alternate or previous names Sunset, Silver Queen
Related records 10048303

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.161, 33.20759 (WGS84)
Elevation 1024
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)

Federal lands

Tonto 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 Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 002 S 012 E 31 SW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Secondary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.161, 33.20759
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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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Arizona Silver Inc., Roy Waughtel
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1965
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mineral Mountain Mining And Milling Co.,Inc
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1965

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MINERAL MTN QUAD

  • Deposit

    ADMR ORPHAN BOY FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMR AJAX MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMR WOODPECKER MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMR MOON CLAIMS

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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