Cleveland Deposit

Occurrence in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gold
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. 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026947
MRDS ID M001223
Record type Site
Current site name Cleveland Deposit
Related records 10113818

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.24013, 31.44958 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position NEAR RUBY, Utm's At Ruby. Actual Location Probably Within One Mile To The North Or South.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ruby(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Atascosa Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio De La Concepcion(hydrologic unit)

Rio De La Concepcion(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(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 011E 05 S2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • THERE ARE SEVERAL PROSPECT AND MINE SYMBOLS NEAR RUBY TO THE N AND S, BUT THEY ARE NOT LABELED. EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.24013, 31.44958

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Complex Faulting

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Oro Blanco District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • IF ANY PRODUCTION VERY SMALL.

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPED AROUND 1894. PROBABLY NOT ACTIVE AFTER 1904.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. B. M. BULL. 137, P. 188.

  • Deposit

    U.S.B.M. CARD FILE.

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES, CLEVELAND.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE NOT DESCRIBED IN THE REFERENCES, ONLY NAMED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-72 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-90 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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