Copper Valley Claims

Occurrence in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Silica
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065021
MRDS ID TC40009
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Valley Claims
Alternate or previous names Way Out, Right On, Bonnie Lee
Related records 10134941

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.93074, 32.39788 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Childs Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tenmile Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 012S 006W 32 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LAT-LONG FROM A POINT MIDWAY BETWEEN TWO PROSPECTS SHOWN ON 7.5 MINUTE QUAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Silica Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.93074, 32.39788

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Barry M. Goldwater Airforce Base

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 4, 185 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILICEOUS GOLD, SILVER, COPPER OCCURRENCE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-93 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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