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Sun Lode Molybdenum

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
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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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10210757
MRDS ID D000334
MAS/MILS ID 0040191202
Record type Site
Current site name Sun Lode Molybdenum
Alternate or previous names Mc Cleary Prospects, Unit, Az, Usbm Ofr Mla 11-94., Molybdenite, Morales, Coronado Nf, Part 12, Santa Rita Mt
Related records 10008299

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -110.88128, 31.72933 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Hopkins(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado 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 Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 019 S 014 E 35 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIMS AND PROSPECTS OVERLAP PIMA CO BOUNDARY INTO SANTA CRUZ CO TO THE SOUTH IN SEC 2 T20S R14E AND THIS DEPOSIT IS ALSO REPORTED IN THE SANTA CRUZ CO LISTINGS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Molybdenum Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -110.88128, 31.72933
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Type of Orebody #2 STOCKWORK
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Date of Last Modification 940802

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Old Baldy

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sun Lode Molybdenum Co
    Year 1943

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KIRKEMO, ANDERSON, & CREASEY, 1965, USGS BULL 1182-E, P 13.

  • Deposit

    USGS FIELD NOTES MO1 PIMA CTY

  • Deposit

    F C SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582, P 173.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-OCT-1994 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) 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

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