Cara Vaca Mine

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10186435
MRDS ID M000002
MAS/MILS ID 0040190151
Record type Site
Current site name Cara Vaca Mine
Related records 10108957

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.19822, 32.17981 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maish Vaya(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Rosa Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.19822, 32.17981

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    S B KEITH ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 189 P140

  • Deposit

    USGS QUIJOTOA MTS QUADRANGLE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Admr 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.