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Sweetwater Mine Group

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gemstone, 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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10186430
MRDS ID M000428
MAS/MILS ID 0040230379
Record type Site
Current site name Sweetwater Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Chance, Lonesome One, & Jewell, Unit, Az, Usbm Ofr Mla 11-94., Sweetwater Mine, Sweetwater Group: Sweetwater, Last, Coronado Nf, Part 12, Santa Rita Mt
Related records 10026825

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.79178, 31.71123 (WGS84)
Elevation 1650
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

Mount Wrightson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rillito(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 020 S 015 E 10 SENE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gemstone Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.79178, 31.71123
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Date of Last Modification 940727

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greaterville District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Vargas
    Year 1975

Production statistics

  • Year 1963
    Description Ore Avg 1.5% Cu, 0.8 Oz/T Ag 90 Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 2wt-pct
    Major Silver Silver 25g/mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    S B KEITH, 1975, ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 191, P. 55.

  • Deposit

    ABM CARD FILE SANTA CRUZ CTY

  • Deposit

    ADMR SWEETWATER MINE FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-AUG-95 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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