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Sweet Bye and Bye Mine

Past Producer in Pima 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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10113598
MRDS ID M050160
MAS/MILS ID 0040190426
Record type Site
Current site name Sweet Bye and Bye Mine
Alternate or previous names Saratoga Mine, Unit, Az, Usbm Ofr Mla 11-94., Coronado Nf, Part 12, Santa Rita Mt
Related records 10039491

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.75988, 31.83043 (WGS84)
Elevation 1597
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Helvetia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rillito(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 Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 018 S 015 E 36 NWNENE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.75988, 31.83043
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Date of Last Modification 940720

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Helvetia-Rosemont District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1918
    Period -1918
    Description Thru 1918 Avg 7% Cu, 3 Oz/T Ag, Minor Au 1500 Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 7wt-pct
    Major Silver Silver 95g/mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    S B KEITH ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 189 P128 1974

  • Deposit

    USGS SAHUARITA QUADRANGLE

  • Deposit

    F C SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582, P. 130.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-JUL-94 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

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