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Moon Anchor

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities 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. 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 10161862
MRDS ID M003338
MAS/MILS ID 0040130452
Record type Site
Current site name Moon Anchor
Alternate or previous names East Vulture Mining Co., Agravation
Related records 10027550

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.02245, 33.64196 (WGS84)
Elevation 524
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hummingbird Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Centennial Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004 N 007 W 31 S2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Secondary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.02245, 33.64196
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. R. Cropper
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1968

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS 15 BIG HORN MTS. MAP

  • Deposit

    ADMR MOON ANCHOR MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMR "U" FILE

  • Deposit

    MOORE,R, AZ.B.M.#180,P192

  • Deposit

    BLM AMC FILE #57506

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.

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.