Blue Rock Mine

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10186374
MAS/MILS ID 0040190461
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Rock Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.59508, 32.27682 (WGS84)
Elevation 1195
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Piety Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rillito(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado 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 Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013 S 017 E 27 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.59508, 32.27682

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Ritter And Wright Mining Contractors
    ID 201877
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1979
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Warren Wright
    ID 201877
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US MSHA METAL-NONMETAL MINE FILE REFERENCE 1978

  • Deposit

    GEORGE TWEEDY, US MSHA, PHOENIX ARIZ, PERSONAL COMM, 1979

  • Deposit

    FRANK TUNE, US MSHA, TUCSON ARIZ, PERSONAL COMM, 1979

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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 09/19/1978
MSHA mine ID0201877
Mine name (MSHA)Blue Rock Mine
Current operatorRitter & Wright Mining Contractor
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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