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Rio Vista Southside Mine

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. 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 10235012
MRDS ID M004250
MAS/MILS ID 0040120409
Record type Site
Current site name Rio Vista Southside Mine
Alternate or previous names Quartz King, Copper Top
Related records 10102571

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.20049, 34.17754 (WGS84)
Elevation 219
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cross Roads(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Parker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010 N 019 W 26 SE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.20049, 34.17754
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Rio Vista Mines
    Interest 100
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1940
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Osborne And Botsum
    Interest 100
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1950

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH S B 1978 ARIZ BUR GEOL AND MIN TECH BULL 192 P 142

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.

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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.