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La Plata Mine

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Manganese, Silver, Zinc
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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. 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 10183881
MRDS ID M050295
MAS/MILS ID 0040230063
Record type Site
Current site name La Plata Mine
Alternate or previous names Black Ace
Related records 10039564

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.59287, 31.52434 (WGS84)
Elevation 1593
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

O'Donnell Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(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 022 S 017 E 14 W2NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.59287, 31.52434
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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

Mining district

District name Redrock

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Carrel; Jensen
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH S B 1975 INDEX OF MINING PROP IN SANTA CRUZ CTY AZBM

  • Deposit

    USBM FIELD NOTES AG17

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER F C 1915 USGS BULL 582 P241

  • Deposit

    USBM CORONADO NATIONAL FOREST STUDY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-JUL-93 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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