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Sheep Tanks Mine

Past Producer in Yuma county in Arizona, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Beryllium, Copper, Gold, Lead, Manganese, 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 10207634
MRDS ID M002463
MAS/MILS ID 0040270361
Record type Site
Current site name Sheep Tanks Mine
Alternate or previous names Resolution Group
Related records 10027204

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.75657, 33.37367 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yuma(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hoodoo Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Little Horn Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(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 001 S 015 W 01 SWNENE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Beryllium Critical Secondary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.75657, 33.37367
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Dillard
    Year 1942

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH SB ARIZ BUR GEOL MIN TECH BULL 192 1978 P175

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.

External references

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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.