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(Facility) Magma Smelter

Plant in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodity Copper
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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 10283706
MAS/MILS ID 0040210657
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Magma Smelter

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -111.1104, 33.29539 (WGS84)
Elevation 860
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

Superior(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)

Federal lands

Tonto 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 001 S 012 E 35 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -111.1104, 33.29539
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Smelter

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Magma Copper Co.
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS SUPERIOR QUAD

  • Deposit

    ADMR MAGMA COPPER CO.FILES

  • Deposit

    RANSOME,F.L.,USGS BULL.540-D,PP7-9

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM,L.L.,ET AL.USBM 1C 7990,1961,PP124,130-2.

  • Deposit

    ADMR,ACTIVE MINES IN AZ,JAN.1980,P14.

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

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