Three R Mill

Plant in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodity Copper
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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10258886
MAS/MILS ID 0040230353
Record type Site
Current site name Three R Mill
Alternate or previous names Three R Bluebird Mill, Semco Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -110.76458, 31.47434 (WGS84)
Elevation 1692
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cumero Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nogales(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)

Federal lands

Coronado 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 Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 022 S 016 E 36 NWSE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -110.76458, 31.47434

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Palmetto District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Green, Harold
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADMR SEMCO CORP FILE

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER F C 1915 USGS BULL 582 P.282

  • Deposit

    USBM CORONADO NATIONAL FOREST STUDY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TAILINGS FROM THE THREE R MILLL WERE SAMPLED FOR TOXIC METALS. COPPER IS THE ONLY TOXIC METAL PRESENT. ABOUT 250,000 TONS OF TAILINGS CONTAIN OVER 1% COPPER AND THE TAILINGS COULD BE PROCESSED AND CLEANED UP AT THE SAME TIME.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-JUL-93 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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