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Roy Mine

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026823
MRDS ID M000425
Record type Site
Current site name Roy Mine
Related records 10210637

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.73761, 31.41792 (WGS84)
Relative position PATAGONIA MTS, 5 MILES NE OF DUQUESNE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harshaw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(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 023S 016E 20 SE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1965)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.73761, 31.41792
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Or Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1915
Year of last production 1946

Mining district

District name Patagonia District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1946
    Period 1915-1946
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Averaged 3.5% Cu, 2.3 Oz. Ag Per Ton, And 0.1 Oz Au Per Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 3g/mt
    Major Ore Silver Silver 65g/mt
    Major Ore Copper Copper 4wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • SPORADIC MINING.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT OPERATIONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1975, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 191, P. 82

  • Production

    KEITH, 1975

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DRUSY QUARTZ VEIN.

Reporter information

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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