Bitter Spring Prospect

Prospect in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, 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 10186468
MRDS ID M001766
MAS/MILS ID 0040090063
Record type Site
Current site name Bitter Spring Prospect
Alternate or previous names Bitter Springs Claim
Related records 10027037

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.31208, 33.08979 (WGS84)
Elevation 1417
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Turnbull(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-San Carlos Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004 S 020 E 17 NE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Iron Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.31208, 33.08979

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner San Carlos Apache Tribe
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1953

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILES

  • Deposit

    USGS SAN CARLOS RESERVOIR QUAD

  • Deposit

    HARRER,C.M.RECONNAISANCE OF IRON RESOURCES IN AZ USBM 1C

  • Deposit

    8236 1964 P 57-58

  • Deposit

    ADMR BITTER CREEK FILE

  • Deposit

    USAEC PRELIM RECONN REPORT 172-481 1954 P 382

  • Deposit

    ADMR SAN CARLOS FILE

  • Deposit

    BROMFIELD,CALVIN S MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN CARLOS INDIAN

  • Deposit

    RES. USGS BULL 1027-N 1956

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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