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Papago

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10161636
MRDS ID M241174
MAS/MILS ID 0040210945
Record type Site
Current site name Papago
Alternate or previous names Papago Gold Mining Co Property, Mitke Property, Davis Property, Casa Grande Claims
Related records 10109775

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.18212, 32.5682 (WGS84)
Elevation 616
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

Copperosity Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gila Bend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(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 010 S 002 E 08 C SW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.18212, 32.5682
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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

    USGS VEKOL MTS.QUAD

  • Deposit

    TENNEY,JAMES HISTORY OF MINING IN AZ 1927-29 P 342

  • Deposit

    TENNEY,J B ECONOMIC GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE OF CASA GRANDE

  • Deposit

    MINING DISTRICT AZBM 1934 P 15-16

  • Deposit

    ADMR PAPAGO MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    USAEC PRELIM RECONN REPORT 172-488 1953 P 11

  • Deposit

    ADMR U FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILES

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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