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Gunsight Mountain Mine

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10210283
MAS/MILS ID 0040190243
Record type Site
Current site name Gunsight Mountain Mine
Alternate or previous names Flo-Ber

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.24929, 31.97122 (WGS84)
Elevation 1143
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Samaniego Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017 S 011 E 08 NWNWNW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.24929, 31.97122
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    E A ELEVATORSKI ARIZONA FLUORSPAR 1971 PP 31-33

  • Deposit

    ARIZ BUR MINES FILE DATA

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.

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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.