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Defiance Lead

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Tungsten, Vanadium, 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. 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 10258162
MRDS ID D000084
MAS/MILS ID 0040070281
Record type Site
Current site name Defiance Lead
Alternate or previous names Apache Vanadium, Ruby Red, Vanadium Shaft
Related records 10008143

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.80759, 33.46258 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Globe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(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 Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001 N 015 E 02 NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Vanadium Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.80759, 33.46258
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. Mediz
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS GLOBE QUAD

  • Deposit

    ADMR DEFIANCE LEAD MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    AZBM BULL 156 AZ ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS PT 1 1950 P 101-105

  • Deposit

    A L FLAGG VANADIUM REPORTS BOOKD 2,3 AN8 ADMR FILES

  • Deposit

    TENNEY J B SECOND REPORT ON THE MINERAL INDUSTRIES AZBM BULL

  • Deposit

    129 1930 P 89-90

  • Deposit

    PETERSON N P GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GLOBE-MIAMI

  • Deposit

    DISTRICT USGS PP 342 1962 P 162-163

  • Deposit

    USAEC PRELIM RECONN REPORT 172-480 P 1,24

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

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