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Sweetwater Mine

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026825
MRDS ID M000428
Record type Site
Current site name Sweetwater Mine
Related records 10186430

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.79068, 31.71791 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position SWEETWATER SPRING, 12 MILES N OF PATAGONIA, CAVE CREEK CANYON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Wrightson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rillito(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado 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 Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020S 015E 10 NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1965)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.79068, 31.71791
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form SPOTTY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1963

Mining district

District name Greaterville District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1963
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^Averaged 1.5 % Cu, 0.8 Oz. Ag Per Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 23g/mt
    Major Ore Copper Copper 2wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1975, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 191, P. 5

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    KEITH, 1975

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDIZED COPPER MINERALIZATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) U.S. Geological Survey

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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