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Magna

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Molybdenum
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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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10113160
MRDS ID m899875
MAS/MILS ID 0040210659
Record type Site
Current site name Magna
Alternate or previous names Gulch Copper Lode M S 3272,Patented, Unpatented Claims M S 3602, Unpatented Claims M S 3601, Unpatented Claim M S 3552, Unpatented Claim M S 3409, Sombrero Butte Property, Unpatented Claim M S 3351

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.47708, 32.7268 (WGS84)
Elevation 1336
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rhodes Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008 S 018 E 23 N2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.47708, 32.7268
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Magma Chief Copper Co
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1920

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLM MINING DIST SHEETS 741,743

  • Deposit

    USGS RHODES PEAK QUAD

  • Deposit

    CLAIMS EXTEND INTO SECTIONS 14,15,AND 22

  • Deposit

    ADMR MAGMA CHIEF MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMR BUNKER HILL MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    USAEC PRELIM RECONN REPORT 172-488 1953 P 35

  • Deposit

    ADMR V FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR 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

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