Red Chief

Prospect in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Zinc
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10283550
MAS/MILS ID 0040211013
Record type Site
Current site name Red Chief
Alternate or previous names Hinshaw Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.89511, 32.5876 (WGS84)
Elevation 541
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

North Komelik(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Casa Grande(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Aguirre Valley(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

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 005 E 06 SWNW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.89511, 32.5876

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS 15 SILVER REEF MTS QUAD

  • Deposit

    DENTON,T C EXP OF THE REWARD(VEKOL)ZINC DEP USBM R1 3975

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER,R H GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE VEKOL MTS

  • Deposit

    PINAL CO,AZ STANFORD PHD THESIS

  • Deposit

    TENNEY,J ECON RECONN OF CASA GRANDE MINING DIST PINAL CO

  • Deposit

    1934

  • Deposit

    HADLEY,J B CU AND ZN DEP IN REWARD AREA CASA GRANDE MNG DIST

  • Deposit

    USGS STRATEGIC MIN.PRELIM.REP

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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