Shamrock Shaft

Past Producer in Greenlee county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Manganese, Silica, 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10209827
MAS/MILS ID 0040110163
Record type Site
Current site name Shamrock Shaft
Alternate or previous names Patented Claim M S 3076a

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.25314, 32.75901 (WGS84)
Elevation 1366
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greenlee(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ash Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Safford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Greenlee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008 S 030 E 11 NWNW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Secondary
Manganese Critical Primary
Silica Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.25314, 32.75901

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THIS WAS THE MAIN SHAFT ON THE ASH PEAK CLAIMS-SEE ASH PEAK

  • Deposit

    USGS GUTHRIE QUAD

  • Deposit

    BLM MINING SHEET 851

  • Deposit

    RECORD OF MINING COMPANIES STATE MINE INSPECTORS OFFICE 1952

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR 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.