David Lee

Prospect in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodity Copper
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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10161477
MAS/MILS ID 0040030800
Record type Site
Current site name David Lee
Alternate or previous names Coronado Nf Whetstone Unit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.42317, 31.76623 (WGS84)
Elevation 1783
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Apache Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(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 Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 019 S 019 E 20 SE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.42317, 31.76623

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1870

Mining district

District name Whetstone

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCCOLLY, R. A. AND SCOTT, D. C., 1982, USBM OFR MLA 129-82,

  • Deposit

    PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    DERUYTER, V. D., 1979, GEOL. OF THE GRANITE PEAK STOCK AREA,

  • Deposit

    WHETSTONE MTNS., MS THESIS, UNIV. ARIZ., FIG. 2.

  • Deposit

    CHATMAN, M. L., 1994, USBM OFR MLA 2-94, P. 10.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-FEB-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.