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Elephant Butte and Whetrock

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Tungsten
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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 10283505
MRDS ID M241228
MAS/MILS ID 0040210315
Record type Site
Current site name Elephant Butte and Whetrock
Related records 10109787

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.2779, 33.33338 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Florence Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001 S 010 E 24 C N2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.2779, 33.33338
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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 Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Morton,George And Hart Mullins
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1951

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS FLORENCE JUNCTION QUAD

  • Deposit

    ADMR U FILE

  • Deposit

    DALE,V B TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF YUMA...AZ USBM R1 5516 1959

  • Deposit

    P 47-48

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.

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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.