Silver Reef

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silica, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10159000
MRDS ID M241169
MAS/MILS ID 0040210765
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Reef
Alternate or previous names Santiago M S 3369 Unpatented, Greenhorn Mining Co Property, Hornsilver Claims,M S 3369 Unpat, Cholla M S 3369 Unpatented, Lead Boulder M S 3369 Unpatented, Unpatented Claims M S 3369, Az Mercantile Transp.And Smtg. Co., Nugget
Related records 10046277

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.81461, 32.7118 (WGS84)
Elevation 495
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

Silver Reef Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Casa Grande(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Rosa Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008 S 005 E 23 S2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Primary
Silica Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.81461, 32.7118

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADDITIONAL WORKINGS SECTIONS 26 AND 24

  • Deposit

    USGS SILVER REEF MTS QUAD

  • Deposit

    BLM MINING DIST.SHEET 561

  • Deposit

    TENNEY,JAMES HISTORY OF MINING IN AZ 1927-29 P 340

  • Deposit

    TENNEY,J B ECONOMIC GEOLOGICAL RECONN OF CASA GRANDE MINING

  • Deposit

    DISTRICT AZBM 1934 P 23-24

  • Deposit

    ADMR SILVER REEF MINE FILE SEE GREENHORN MINING CO

  • Deposit

    ADMR EL PASO NATURAL GAS FILE

  • Deposit

    USAEC PRELIM RECONN REPORT 172-488 1953 P 12

  • Deposit

    ADMR U FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILES

  • Deposit

    DUNNING,CHARLES H SILVER 1966 121-122

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.

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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