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Gunsight Mine

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10283558
MRDS ID M002260
MAS/MILS ID 0040190242
Record type Site
Current site name Gunsight Mine
Related records 10109009

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.68543, 32.20761 (WGS84)
Elevation 622
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gunsight(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Cristobal Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 014 S 004 W 16 C Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.68543, 32.20761
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    S B KEITH ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 189 1974 P 122

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.