Cuprite Mine Group

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, 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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10137563
MRDS ID M050490
MAS/MILS ID 0040190188
Record type Site
Current site name Cuprite Mine Group
Related records 10039611

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.71708, 31.93182 (WGS84)
Elevation 1225
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

Mount Fagan(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017 S 016 E 28 SWNENW Arizona

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.71708, 31.93182

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 Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    S B KEITH ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 189 P125 1974

  • Deposit

    USGS EMPIRE MTS QUADRANGLE

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.