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Tres Amigos Lead

Past Producer in Santa Cruz 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. 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 10186709
MRDS ID M050249
MAS/MILS ID 0040230085
Record type Site
Current site name Tres Amigos Lead
Alternate or previous names Tres Amigos Lead Mine, Noon Group, Coronado Nf Mla
Related records 10039542, 10210611

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.24849, 31.41454 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
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 SWNW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Secondary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.24849, 31.41454
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • FRACTURES IN SILICIFIED, BRECCIATED CONGLOMERATE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Oro Blanco

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Noon And Dale
    ID 202098
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1975
  • Type Operator
    Owner B. And B Mining Co.
    ID 202098
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1975, AZBM BULL 191, P. 68.

  • Deposit

    AZBM CARD FILE SANTA CRUZ CO.

  • Deposit

    USBM STAFF, 1994, USBM OFR MLA XX-94.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 08/18/1983
MSHA mine ID0202098
Mine name (MSHA)Tres Amigos
Current operatorArnev Minerals
Current controller (parent)Murry H L
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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