Helvetia Mine

Unknown in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10186778
MAS/MILS ID 0040230219
Record type Site
Current site name Helvetia Mine
Alternate or previous names Coronado Nf, Part 12, Santa Rita Mt, Unit, Az, Usbm Ofr Mla 11-94.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.88678, 31.62653 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
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

Mount Hopkins(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(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 021 S 014 E 02 S2SW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.88678, 31.62653

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tyndall

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Moreno; Wings
    Year 1940

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MT WRIGHTSON 15 MIN QUAD

  • Deposit

    HINTON R J 1878 (1962) 1000 OLD ARIZONA MINES

  • Deposit

    AZBM CARD FILE SANTA CRUZ CTY

  • Deposit

    USGS MT HOPKINS 7.5 MIN QUAD

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-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.

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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