Ruby Patent

Plant in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Uranium, Zinc
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10210720
MAS/MILS ID 0040230016
Record type Site
Current site name Ruby Patent
Alternate or previous names Annie Laurie Erroneous

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.24489, 31.43574 (WGS84)
Elevation 1310
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 08 NESWSW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Jurassic granitic rocks

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Plant type Leach

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Godsil, John
    Home office Arivaca, Az
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner K. And K Mining Inc.
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1987

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON R Y & KURTZ E B JR ECON GEOL V 50 NO 2 P 227-232 19

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT R J USAEC RMO-677 7P 1951.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NOV 12 75-OF NO INTEREST FOR FLUORITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-JUN-1995 Gosling U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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