Proto Group

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Antimony, Copper, Gold, Lead
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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10137938
MRDS ID M899915
MAS/MILS ID 0040230325
Record type Site
Current site name Proto Group
Alternate or previous names Proto Brothers Claim
Related records 10048333

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.75177, 31.39704 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
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

Cumero Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nogales(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 016 E 30 C Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Secondary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.75177, 31.39704

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Patagonia

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Proto Bros; Fulton; Sullivan
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INDEX OF MINING PROP IN SANTA CRUZ CTY AZBM BULL 191

  • Deposit

    AZBM CARD FILE SANTA CRUZ CTY

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER F C 1915 USGS BULL 582 P316-317

  • Deposit

    USBM CORONADO NATIONAL FOREST REPORT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-AUG-93 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.