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Rope and Solo Claims

Prospect in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10210211
MAS/MILS ID 0040251697
Record type Site
Current site name Rope and Solo Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.10244, 34.80834 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clarkdale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Verde(hydrologic unit)

Verde(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott 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 Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017 N 002 E 36 S2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.10244, 34.80834
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Phelps Dodge Corp
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLAIMS EXTEND INTO SEC 27, 28, 33, 34 AND 35

  • Deposit

    USGS CLARKDALE QUAD

  • Deposit

    BLM AZ MINING CLAIMS LEAD FILE 50006 AND 49966

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.

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Phelps Dodge Corp — acquired by Subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan (2007)
    Acquired by Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold in 2007 in what was then the largest mining-industry deal ever (~US$26 B).

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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