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Peterson Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10113039
MRDS ID M241002
MAS/MILS ID 0040030194
Record type Site
Current site name Peterson Mine
Alternate or previous names Sylvania Group, Coronado N.F. Part 8., Copper Dog
Related records 10046171

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.40287, 31.46324 (WGS84)
Elevation 2080
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Huachuca Peak(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 Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023 S 019 E 03 SENW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.40287, 31.46324
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1916

Mining district

District name New Hartford

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Copper Dog Mining Co
    Interest 100
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1916

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH S B 1973 ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187 P 66

  • Deposit

    LUDINGTON, STEVE, 1984, USGS OFR 84-293, P. 3-4.

  • Deposit

    ANACONDA GEOL DOC COLL UNIV. WY, DOC 8611, PERSONAL

  • Deposit

    COMMUNICATION FROM SVACINA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-NOV-1993 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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