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Blue Slate Mine

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Iron, 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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10113341
MRDS ID M004103
MAS/MILS ID 0040120100
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Slate Mine
Alternate or previous names Blue Slate Mine Group
Related records 10102559

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.07439, 33.96925 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bouse(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blythe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bouse Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007 N 017 W 07 C N2NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Iron Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.07439, 33.96925
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Great Western Gold And Copper Co
    Year 1932

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH S B ARIZ BUR GEOL MIN TECH BULL 192 1978 P167

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.