1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

El Capitan

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
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. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10233611
MRDS ID M241243
MAS/MILS ID 0040070305
Record type Site
Current site name El Capitan
Alternate or previous names Gold Dust Claim
Related records 10046330

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.80849, 33.20509 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

El Capitan Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 003 S 015 E 03 NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.80849, 33.20509
ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jay Brown
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS EL CAPITAN MTN QUAD

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL MAY 1, 1922 P 28-30

  • Deposit

    RANSOME F L USGS RAY FOLIO 1923 SEE AREAL GEOLOGY MAP

  • Deposit

    ADMR EL CAPITAN MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    USAEC PRELIM RECONN REPORT 172-480 P 53

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Admr U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Arizona resources

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