(Facility) Magma Refinery and Wire Mill

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10234544
MAS/MILS ID 0040210656
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Magma Refinery and Wire Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -110.61958, 32.61571 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Peppersauce Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 009 S 017 E 29 SESESE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -110.61958, 32.61571

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Refiner

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Magna Copper Co-Div. Of Newmont Mining Corp
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PEPPERSAUCE WASH QUAD

  • Deposit

    ADMR MAGMA COPPER CO(SAN MANUEL DIVISION)ACTIVE FILE

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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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