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Swansea Mine

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Iron, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10283330
MRDS ID M003777
MAS/MILS ID 0040120464
Record type Site
Current site name Swansea Mine
Alternate or previous names Signal Mine Group, Clara Consolidated Gold and Silver, Copper Prince Claims
Related records 10027672

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.84248, 34.16945 (WGS84)
Elevation 560
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Swansea(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alamo Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bill Williams(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

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 010 N 016 W 32 C Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Iron Secondary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.84248, 34.16945
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jim Hedrick, Elmer Bagsdale, John Challinor,
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1967
  • Type Owner
    Owner H. Walter Bevins, Albert Mackenzie
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1967

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADMR SWANSEA COPPER MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    RECONNAISSANCE OF THE ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN YUMA CTY USGS

  • Deposit

    BULL 451 1911 P 59- 65

  • Deposit

    MINERAL INDUSTRIES OF AZ ABM BULL 125 1928 P 73

  • Deposit

    AZ METAL PRODUCTION ABM BULL 140 1936 P 104

  • Deposit

    INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY ABM BULL 192 1978

  • Deposit

    P 174

  • Deposit

    WEED W H COPPER HANDBOOK VOLXI, 1912-1913; VOL XII P 1079

  • Deposit

    ADMR NORTHERN YUMA AREA MINES FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 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

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