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Castle Butte Mine

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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 10137302
MAS/MILS ID 0040230145
Record type Site
Current site name Castle Butte Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.77898, 31.54233 (WGS84)
Elevation 1243
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Patagonia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(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)

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 022 S 015 E 11 N2N2N2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.77898, 31.54233
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Stockton; Castle Butte Mg Co; American Mg And Oil Co
    Year 1975
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Miller And Sheerer
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH S B 1975 INDEX OF MINING PROP IN SANTA CRUZ CTY AZBM

  • Deposit

    USBM FIELD NOTES

  • Deposit

    ABM CLIPPING FILE

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER F C 1915 USGS BULL 582 P237-239

  • Deposit

    KEENER HOWARD JUNE 1918 THE PATHGONIA DIST AZ MINING

  • Deposit

    JOURNAL P42-43

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 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.