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Cave Hill Deposit

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gemstone
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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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10186427
MRDS ID TC35710
MAS/MILS ID 0040230146
Record type Site
Current site name Cave Hill Deposit
Alternate or previous names Coronado Nf, Part 12, Santa Rita Mt, Onyx Cave, Unit, Az, Usbm Ofr Mla 11-94.
Related records 10062343

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.77008, 31.71763 (WGS84)
Elevation 1700
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Wrightson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(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 Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020 S 015 E 01 SWSW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.77008, 31.71763
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STRATABOUND
    Primary mode of Origin EVAPORATION
    Date of Last Modification 940727

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Greaterville District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    S B KEITH, 1975, ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 191, P 55.

  • Deposit

    ABM INDEX CARDS SANTA CRUZ CTY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-OCT-1994 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) 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

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