Montosa Mine

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, 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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10137904
MAS/MILS ID 0040230292
Record type Site
Current site name Montosa Mine
Alternate or previous names Includes Isabel Isabella Mine And, Amado Mine, Double O Mine, Coronado Nf, Part 12, Santa Rita Mt, Unit, Az, Usbm Ofr Mla 11-94., Black Diamond Patented Claims.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.93398, 31.66903 (WGS84)
Elevation 1450
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 29 NW Arizona

Commodities

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Date of Last Modification 940921

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1901

Mining district

District name Tyndall

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Calabasas Copper Co; Boykin; Amado Mines; Mcintosh
    Year 1975

Production statistics

  • Year 1949
    Period 1900-1949
    Description 1900-1949 22% Pb, 3% Cu, 11 Oz/T Ag 1000 Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 348g/mt
    Major Copper Copper 3wt-pct
    Major Lead Lead 22wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    S B KEITH, 1975, AZBM BULL 191, P. 86.

  • Deposit

    AZBM CARD FILE SANTA CRUZ CTY

  • Deposit

    F C SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582, P. 186.

  • Deposit

    J W ANTHONY, 1951, GEOLOGY OF THE MONTOSA-COTTONWOOD CANYONS

  • Deposit

    AREA, SANTA CRUZ CTY, AZ, U OF A MS THESIS, 84 P.

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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