South Vulture

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gold
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 10137631
MRDS ID M002811
MAS/MILS ID 0040130540
Record type Site
Current site name South Vulture
Related records 10027308

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.84575, 33.80336 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005 N 006 W 01 SWNWSW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.84575, 33.80336

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Seidletz
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1960
  • Type Operator
    Owner Fenninger
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1960

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS 15 VULTURE MTNS MAP

  • Deposit

    METZGER,O.H. USBM I.C.#6991,P63-64

  • Deposit

    ADMR SOUTH VULTURE FILE

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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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