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Vulture Tailings Leach

Unknown in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10137327
MRDS ID D000083
MAS/MILS ID 0040130839
Record type Site
Current site name Vulture Tailings Leach
Alternate or previous names Vulture Tailings
Related records 10138010

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.83965, 33.82066 (WGS84)
Elevation 640

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vulture Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 006 N 006 W 36 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.83965, 33.82066
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Leach
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Vulture

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner H. R. Palmer
    Year 1962
  • Type Owner
    Owner Vulture Mine Properties, Inc.
    Year 1988
  • Type Operator
    Owner Budge (Mining), Ltd., A. F.
    Year 1988

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    NIEMUTH, N.J. ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986. AZ

  • Reserve-Resource

    DEP. MINES AND MINER. RESOUR., REP. D-29(87), 1987, 46 PP.

  • Deposit

    ADMR VULTURE TAILINGS MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    TAILINGS FROM VULTURE MINE,SEC 36,T6N,R6W

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY IS ALSO UNDER USGS MRDS ID NO. M003317. VULTURE PROPERTY IS IN T6N, R6W, SECS. 25,26,35,36 AND T6N, R5W, SECS. 30,31. PRODUCTION FROM LEACHING OF TAILINGS WAS EXPECTED TO COMMENCE DURING THE SUMMER OF 1988. THE MAIN VULTURE MINE IS COVERED UNDER SEQUENCE NUMBER 0040130838. DIMENSIONS GIVEN APPLY ONLY TO THE TAILINGS RESERVE AND HAVE HAD THE THICKNESS ESTIMATED BASED ON A DENSITY OF 165 LB/CU-FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-JAN-1997 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) 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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