Copperas

Prospect in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10210058
MAS/MILS ID 0040070257
Record type Site
Current site name Copperas

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.54572, 34.20196 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
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

Cypress Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Payson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Holbrook(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Verde(hydrologic unit)

Verde(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)

Mazatzal Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 010 N 008 E 21 NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.54572, 34.20196

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AZ MINING JOURNAL MAY 1920 P 18

  • Deposit

    ADMR COPPER MT CLAIMS FILE - POLK COPPER PROSPECT REPORT

  • Deposit

    LAUSEN C AND E D WILSON GOLD AND COPPER DEPOSITS NEAR PAYSON

  • Deposit

    AZBM BULL 120 1915 P 42

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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.