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Big Bug

Prospect in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10234338
MRDS ID M800001
MAS/MILS ID 0040250193
Record type Site
Current site name Big Bug
Alternate or previous names Black Hills
Related records 10048040

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.19074, 34.43285 (WGS84)
Elevation 1317
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mayer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 012 N 002 E 07 C S2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.19074, 34.43285
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pierre Perry
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1945

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLAIMS EXTEND INTO NW SEC 18

  • Deposit

    USGS MAYER QUAD,7.5 MIN.

  • Deposit

    ADMR BIG BUG COPPER CO FILE

  • Deposit

    YAVAPAI MAGAZINE MARCH 1918 P 5 SHARLOT HALL MUSEUM PRESCOTT

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL APRIL 1919 P 82

  • Deposit

    WEED W H THE MINES HANDBOOK VOL XIV 1920 P 340

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

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