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Critic Mine

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, 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 10282576
MRDS ID M003640
MAS/MILS ID 0040120174
Record type Site
Current site name Critic Mine
Related records 10027634

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.57857, 33.95815 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
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

Cunningham Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bouse Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

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 007 N 013 W 11 SE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Late and middle Pleistocene surficial deposits
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Buckanan
    Interest 100
    Home office Arizona
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Edward Bros
    Interest 100
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1953

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADDNL WORKINGS IN NE1/4 SEC 14 T7N R13W

  • Deposit

    KEITH S B 1978 ARIZ BUR GEOL AND MIN TECH BULL 192 P 144

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

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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.