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Snyder Mine

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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  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 10159323
MAS/MILS ID 0040190167
Record type Site
Current site name Snyder Mine
Alternate or previous names Conglomerate Mine, Anderson, Anderson Prospect, A.W.A., Aurum, Silver Moon, Reese, Colossa, Sonoita, Coronado Nf, Part 12, Santa Rita Mt, Unit, Az, Usbm Ofr Mla 11-94.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.76208, 31.73233 (WGS84)
Elevation 1650
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Wrightson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rillito(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 Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 019 S 015 E 36 SWSE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIMS AND PROSPECTS ON THE SNYDER MINE PROPERTY EXTEND TO THE SOUTH INTO SANTA CRUZ CO. AND, IN THE PAST, THIS MINE HAS ALSO BEEN RECORDED IN THAT COUNTY. THE MAIN MINE AND WORKINGS ARE IN PIMA CO. AND ALL RECORDS ARE NOW (1994) RECORDED HERE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.76208, 31.73233
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Date of Last Modification 940727

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Greaterville District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Phelps Dodge Corp
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Snyder Mining And Milling Co
    Year 1955
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Snyder, Phil
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1976

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Description To 1955 Avg 10%Pb, 8 Oz/T Ag, +Cu & Au 1000 Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 226g/mt
    Major Lead Lead 10wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MT WRIGHTSON 7.5 MIN QUAD

  • Deposit

    ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 189 P120 1974

  • Deposit

    F C SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582, P. 154.

  • Deposit

    ARIZ DEPT MINES & MINERAL RES FILE DATA.

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.

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Phelps Dodge Corp — acquired by Subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan (2007)
    Acquired by Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold in 2007 in what was then the largest mining-industry deal ever (~US$26 B).

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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