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Alto Mine Group

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Stone, Zinc
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  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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10234992
MRDS ID M030411
MAS/MILS ID 0040230095
Record type Site
Current site name Alto Mine Group
Alternate or previous names El Plomo, B and R, Claims Included In Group: Mineral, No. 1 & 2, Mineral West, Albert,, Albert No.2, Oak, Albion, Record,, Alto East, Grand Prize, Hillside,, Salero, Buena Vista, Excelsior,, Excelsior West, Ophir No.1 & 2,, Donali,And Great Eastern. 1915, Unit, Az, Usbm Ofr Mla 11-94., Gold Tree, Long Contact, Steinfelt West, Steinfelt, Alto,, Coronado Nf, Part 12, Santa Rita Mt
Related records 10037106

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.86148, 31.61153 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Patagonia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(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)

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 021 S 014 E 12 S2S2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Stone Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Jurassic granitic rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Date of Last Modification 940923

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tyndall

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Lully A; Steinfeld And Co; Alto Con Mines, Smitg Etc
    Year 1975
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Alto Copper Co; Sw Dev Co; Henderson; Bradford; Bond
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH S B 1975 AZBM BULL 191 P 83

  • Deposit

    AZBM CLIPPING FILE

  • Deposit

    AZBM CARD FILE SANTA CRUZ CTY

  • Deposit

    USBM FIELD NOTES PB20

  • Deposit

    ADMMR FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    F C SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582, P. 197.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-OCT-1994 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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