Penasco Group

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Uranium
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 10137871
MAS/MILS ID 0040230315
Record type Site
Current site name Penasco Group
Alternate or previous names Penasco, Penasco Claims 1 Through 5, Coronado Nf Mla

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.15739, 31.38094 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
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

Ruby(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Atascosa Mountains(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 012 E 31 SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • WORKINGS EXTEND INTO SE SEC. 36, T 23 S, R 11 E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Uranium Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.15739, 31.38094

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Bolton, E C
    Year 1957

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AZBM CARD FILE SANTA CRUZ CO.

  • Deposit

    USAEC 172-489 SANTA CRUZ CO. PRELIM RECONNIASSANCE REPORT.

  • Deposit

    RIGGS, N.R., 1985, STRATIGRAPHY, STRUCTURE, AND MINERAL. OF

  • Deposit

    THE PAJARITO MTNS., MS THESIS, UNIV. OF ARIZ., TABLE 2.

  • Deposit

    USBM STAFF, 1994, USBM OFR MLA XX-94, P. A70-71.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-AUG-1994 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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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