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Blue Bird Heap Leaching

Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodity Copper
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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 10161554
MRDS ID M241238
MAS/MILS ID 0040070181
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bird Heap Leaching
Related records 10185792

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -110.89629, 33.38478 (WGS84)
Elevation 1080
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Inspiration(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001 N 014 E 35 N2SE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -110.89629, 33.38478
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Leach
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ranchers Exploration And Dev Co
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADMR RANCHERS EXPLORATION & DEV CO ACTIVE FILE

  • Deposit

    SHEFFER H AND L G EVANS COPPER LEACHING PRACTICES IN THE

  • Deposit

    WESTERN US USBM 1C 8341 P 10

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.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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