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Sonora Mine Group

Past Producer in Yuma county in Arizona, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, 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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10186231
MRDS ID TC39701
MAS/MILS ID 0040270372
Record type Site
Current site name Sonora Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Linda Group
Related records 10064821

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.17328, 33.03117 (WGS84)
Elevation 405
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yuma(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Castle Dome Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trigo Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Gila(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yuma

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004 S 019 W 36 C S2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.17328, 33.03117
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Essential Minerals Ltd
    Interest 100
    Home office Arizona
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Homestake Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Arizona

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADDNL HOLDINGS IN N CEN SEC 1 T5S R19W

  • Deposit

    KEITH S B 1978 ARIZ BUR GEOL MIN TECH BULL 192 P 121

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.

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Homestake Mining Co. — acquired by Subsidiary of Barrick Gold (2001)
    Operator of the historic Homestake Mine in South Dakota; acquired by Barrick Gold in 2001.

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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