Thunder Mine

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Zinc
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10113352
MRDS ID M030390
MAS/MILS ID 0040230384
Record type Site
Current site name Thunder Mine
Related records 10037095, 10259023

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.74897, 31.44434 (WGS84)
Elevation 1803
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harshaw(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 Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023 S 016 E 07 C S2N2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.74897, 31.44434

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Harshaw District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AZBM CARD FILE SANTA CRUZ CTY

  • Deposit

    LENON'S MAP OF SANTA CRUZ CTY

  • Deposit

    USGS HARSHAW QUAD

  • Deposit

    USBM FIELD NOTES

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F C 1915 USGS BULL 582 P256

  • Deposit

    USBM CORONADO NATIONAL FOREST STUDY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-JUL-93 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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