Chance

Occurrence in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, 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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10234390
MAS/MILS ID 0040230147
Record type Site
Current site name Chance

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.78318, 31.40544 (WGS84)
Elevation 1390
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cumero Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(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 015 E 26 N2N2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.78318, 31.40544

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Patagonia

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Black Mt Mining Co; Jabalina Mining Co
    Year 1915

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AZBM CARD FILE SANTA CRUZ CTY

  • Deposit

    USBM CORONADO NATIONAL FOREST REPORT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-AUG-1993 Admr 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.