Holden Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039622
MRDS ID M050515
Record type Site
Current site name Holden Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.2743, 31.41125 (WGS84)
Relative position IN HOLDEN CANYON ?

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bartlett Mountain(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} 001E}001W 13,24}19 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • MINE PROBABLY ALONG HOLDEN CANYON. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.2743, 31.41125

Economic information

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KNIGHT, L.H., JR., 1970, ORO BLANCO DISTRICT: TUCSON, ARIZ., UNIV. ARIZ. PH.D. THESIS

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATION UNCERTAIN ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1972 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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