Madre Del Oro

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodity Tungsten
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 10283271
MRDS ID M050214
MAS/MILS ID 0040210151
Record type Site
Current site name Madre Del Oro
Alternate or previous names Bear Cat Group, Lovejoy
Related records 10088609

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.72568, 32.57371 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Campo Bonito(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(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 Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010 S 016 E 08 SE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.72568, 32.57371

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Brinton,H M P
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1958

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS CAMPO BONITO QUAD

  • Deposit

    ADMR U FILE

  • Deposit

    DALE,V B TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF YUMA...AZ USBM RI 5516 1959

  • Deposit

    P 49-52

  • Deposit

    WILSON,E D TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF AZ ABM 148 1941 P 34

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILES

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.