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Contact

Plant in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10210204
MAS/MILS ID 0040130221
Record type Site
Current site name Contact
Alternate or previous names Bighorn

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.03546, 33.73566 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hummingbird Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005 N 007 W 31 NWNW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.03546, 33.73566
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Leach

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Waddle
    Year 1964
  • Type Operator
    Owner Flour, A.
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1964
  • Type Unknown
    Owner J. Devins Resources
    Home office Canada
    Year 1988
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Roddy Resources
    Home office Canada
    Year 1988

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS 15 BIG HORN MTS MAP

  • Deposit

    ADMR CONTACT MINE FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-SEP-1997 Gosling U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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