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Queen Creek

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Iron, Manganese, Silica, Silver
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10138000
MRDS ID M899882
MAS/MILS ID 0040210997
Record type Site
Current site name Queen Creek
Related records 10088907

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.0885, 33.28929 (WGS84)
Elevation 407
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Superior(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto 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 Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
2nd Principal 002 S 012 E 02 N2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Primary
Silica Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.0885, 33.28929
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Magma Copper Co.
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES E.L.JR.,AND F L RANSOME,USGS BULL.710-D,P163

  • Deposit

    SHORT,M.N ET AL,ABM 151 PP158-59

  • Deposit

    USGS SUPERIOR QUAD

  • Deposit

    BLM MINING DIST SHEET 609

  • Deposit

    ADMR MAGMATIC COPPER MINES FILE

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM,L.L ET AL,USBM IC 7990,1961,PP124,126,138-39

  • Deposit

    ADMR MAGMA COPPER CO.MISCELLANEOUS #1 FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMR U FILE

  • Deposit

    WILSON,E D ARIZ LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING ABM BULL 137

  • Deposit

    1967 P 170

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.

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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