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Cataract Deposit

Prospect in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Uranium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10161037
MAS/MILS ID 0040070220
Record type Site
Current site name Cataract Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.0674, 33.92927 (WGS84)
Elevation 1658
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copper Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Theodore Roosevelt Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto 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 Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007 N 013 E 19 SW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.0674, 33.92927
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cataract Mining Co
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1955

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS COPPER MTN QUAD

  • Deposit

    GRANGER,HARRY C AND ROBERT B RAUP GEO OF U DEP IN THE

  • Deposit

    DRIPPING SPRING QUARTZITE GILA CO,AZ USGS PP 595 1969 P

  • Deposit

    2-3

  • Deposit

    SUPPLEMENT TO USGS PP 595 PP24-27

  • Deposit

    USAEC 172-480 GILA COUNTY PRELIM RECONNAISSANCE REPORT 1955

  • Deposit

    FILE A-P-353 P 125

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-APR-84 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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