Azurite Property

Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Semiprecious Gemstone
Sections on this page
  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 10209560
MAS/MILS ID 0040070162
Record type Site
Current site name Azurite Property
Alternate or previous names Blue Ball

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.85379, 33.35948 (WGS84)
Elevation 1337
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinal Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto 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 Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001 S 015 E 07 C Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Semiprecious Gemstone Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.85379, 33.35948

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jim Vacek
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRODUCTION INCLUDES AZURITE NODULES AND AZURITE BLUE PAINT

  • Deposit

    PIGMENTS

  • Deposit

    USGS PINAL PEAK QUAD

  • Deposit

    ADMR AZURITE MINE FILE

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

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