| 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. |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.93398, 31.66903 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1450 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Santa Cruz |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 020 S | 014 E | 29 | NW | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Main Entrance (1) | Cretaceous to Late Jurassic sedimentary rocks with minor volcanic rocks |
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1901 |
| District name | Tyndall |
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| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | Mixed |
|---|
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | Calabasas Copper Co; Boykin; Amado Mines; Mcintosh |
| Year | 1975 |
| Year | 1949 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1900-1949 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | 1900-1949 22% Pb, 3% Cu, 11 Oz/T Ag 1000 Tons | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040230292 |
S B KEITH, 1975, AZBM BULL 191, P. 86.
AZBM CARD FILE SANTA CRUZ CTY
F C SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582, P. 186.
J W ANTHONY, 1951, GEOLOGY OF THE MONTOSA-COTTONWOOD CANYONS
AREA, SANTA CRUZ CTY, AZ, U OF A MS THESIS, 84 P.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 07-OCT-1994 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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