Punto Negro

Prospect in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodity Asbestos
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10161536
MRDS ID M003014
MAS/MILS ID 0040070084
Record type Site
Current site name Punto Negro
Related records 10027391

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.55879, 33.82367 (WGS84)
Elevation 1235
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

Mule Hoof Bend(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Seneca(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 005 N 017 E 17 NWSE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.55879, 33.82367

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • JN 76 LITTLE OR NO PRODUCTION SHALLOW DRILL COULD EXPLORE. JN 76 MEAGER POTENTIAL AT BEST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWART 1955 CHRYS ASB DEPOSITS OF AZ USBM IC 7706,P 35.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Arizona Department Of Mineral Resources U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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