Horseshoe Deposit

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, 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 10282893
MAS/MILS ID 0040070412
Record type Site
Current site name Horseshoe Deposit
Alternate or previous names Crying Jew Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.8915, 33.87367 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
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

Aztec Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Seneca(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)

Sierra Ancha Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 006 N 014 E 11 SW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.8915, 33.87367

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 Operator
    Owner Longhorn Exp Co
    Home office Texas
    Year 1956
  • Type Owner
    Owner Haught,Alfred And Others
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1954

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRANGER AND RAUP GEO OF THE U DEP DRIPPING SPRING QUARTZITE

  • Deposit

    GILA CO,AZ USGS PP 595 P 2-3

  • Deposit

    SUPPLEMENT TO USGS PP 595 PP 54-57

  • Deposit

    USAEC PRELIM RECONN REPORT 172-480 P 19

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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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