Old Soldier

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10186536
MAS/MILS ID 0040230072
Record type Site
Current site name Old Soldier
Alternate or previous names Old Soldier Mine, California, California Tunnel, Old Soldier Extenison, Coronado Nf Mla

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.24179, 31.40574 (WGS84)
Elevation 1188
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ruby(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Atascosa Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio De La Concepcion(hydrologic unit)

Rio De La Concepcion(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(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 023 S 011 E 20 E2NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Jurassic volcanic rocks

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1890

Mining district

District name Oro Blanco

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Teal, Leo
    Year 1979
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Hack And Irwin
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1975, AZBM BULL. 191, P. 65.

  • Deposit

    AZBM CARD INDEX SANTA CRUZ CO.

  • Deposit

    USBM STAFF, 1994, USBM OFR MLA XX-94, P. A34-35.

  • Deposit

    WOOD, JOHN, AND YERSAVICH, DAN, 1985, GEOLOGIC REPORT ON THE

  • Deposit

    AMIGO CLAIM GROUP IN THE ORO BLANCO MINING DISTRICT, UNPUB.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGIC CONSULTATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-AUG-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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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