Fortuna

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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 10234715
MAS/MILS ID 0040210364
Record type Site
Current site name Fortuna
Alternate or previous names Patented Claims M S 3889

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.0918, 33.35088 (WGS84)
Elevation 1347
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

Superior(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesa(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)

Federal lands

Tonto 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 Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001 S 012 E 12 SW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.0918, 33.35088

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Grace Middleton
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1962
  • Type Operator
    Owner Reely Hall
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1958
  • Type Operator
    Owner Ray Shen
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1958

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLAIMS EXTEND INTO SEC 13

  • Deposit

    USGS SUPERIOR QUAD

  • Deposit

    ADMR FORTUNA FILE

  • Deposit

    BLM MINING DIST SHEET 607

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.

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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