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Big Stick Mine

Occurrence in Santa Cruz 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026946
MRDS ID M001220
Record type Site
Current site name Big Stick Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.78485, 31.46681 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position COX GULCH AREA NEAR GRAY CAMP.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cumero Canyon(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 015E 6 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • AREA UNSURVEYED. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.78485, 31.46681
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRANITE PORPHYRY IS SHEARED AND INTRUDES THE DIORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Palmetto District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE AT CONTACT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-72 Gere, W. 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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.