Joplin Mine

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10137937
MAS/MILS ID 0040230245
Record type Site
Current site name Joplin Mine
Alternate or previous names Claims., Campbell, Massachusetts Group, Joplin Group Contained Joplin,, Duane, and Missouri Patented, Coronado Nf, Part 12, Santa Rita Mt, Unit, Az, Usbm Ofr Mla 11-94.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.85038, 31.61483 (WGS84)
Elevation 1828

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Patagonia(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 021 S 015 E 18 NENW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.85038, 31.61483

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Date of Last Modification 940926

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tyndall

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Joplin Mining Co.
    Year 1975
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Pierce, C A
    Year 1975

Production statistics

  • Year 1926
    Period 1880'S-1926
    Description 1880'S-1926 14% Pb, 13 Oz/T Ag, 2% Cu 270 Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Copper Copper 2wt-pct
    Major Silver Silver 427g/mt
    Major Lead Lead 14wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH S B 1975 AZBM BULL 191 P 86

  • Deposit

    AZBM CARD FILE SANTA CRUZ CTY

  • Deposit

    USBM FIELD NOTES AG13

  • Deposit

    SCHRANDER F C 1915 USGS BULL 258 P205

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-SEP-94 ADMR 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.