Quijotoa Mine

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Silver
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 10304977
MAS/MILS ID 0040190369
Record type Site
Current site name Quijotoa Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.14742, 32.07071 (WGS84)
Elevation 1061
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

Ben Nevis Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon Wash(hydrologic unit)

Rio Sonoyta(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(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 015 S 002 E 34 SESESE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.14742, 32.07071

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWART L A AND PFISTER A J 1960 USBM RI 5651 PP 50-51

  • Deposit

    USGS QUIJOTOA MTS QUADRANGLE 1963

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.