American

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Uranium
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 10235041
MRDS ID M241193
MAS/MILS ID 0040210105
Record type Site
Current site name American
Alternate or previous names Fondern and Gibson Property, M S#2337, Virginia-Az Copper Co.Property
Related records 10046295

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.9846, 33.33338 (WGS84)
Elevation 1531
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

Pinal Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(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 014 E 19 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.9846, 33.33338

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 National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lee L Mcdaniel
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1966
  • Type Owner
    Owner L. M Brown
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1966

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOCATION GIVEN IS ACCORDING TO USGS PINAL RANCH QUAD,HOWEVER

  • Deposit

    BLM ADVISES THAT THE AMERICAN CLAIMS ARE IN SEC 7,8,17

  • Deposit

    AND 18,IN BOTH GILA & PINAL CO.

  • Deposit

    USGS PINAL RANCH QUAD

  • Deposit

    ADMR AMERICAN MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    USAEC PRELIM RECONN REPORT 172-488 1954 P 18

  • Deposit

    ADMR U FILE

  • Deposit

    MINING DISTRICT SHEET 651

  • Deposit

    PETERSON,N P GEOLOGY OF THE PINAL RANCH QUAD USGS BULL 1141-

  • Deposit

    H 1963 P H-13

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.