Long Tom

Past Producer in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodities 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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10234503
MRDS ID M001726
MAS/MILS ID 0040090195
Record type Site
Current site name Long Tom
Alternate or previous names Roberts Gold, Knothe, Roberts Silver, Galiuro Wilderness and Contiguous, Further Planning Areas.
Related records 10027018

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.33737, 32.57681 (WGS84)
Elevation 1792
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bassett Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(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)

Galiuro Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010 S 020 E 07 SENW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Middle Miocene to Oligocene volcanic rocks

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rattlesnake District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mickey Williams
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1969
  • Type Owner
    Owner C. R Roberts
    Home office Arizona
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ed Knothe
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1940

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 2 ADITS WITH 455 AND 135 FT OF WORKINGS AND A CAVED SHAFT REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN 40 FT DEEP. THIS MINE IS 1 OF 3 IN THE DISTRICT THAT PRODUCED 163 OZ OF GOLD, 2310 OZ OF SILVER, AND 12,200 LB OF COPPER. IN ADITS ARE FOUR MAJOR SHEARS IN RHYOLITE AND ALTERED RHYOLITE WITH SPOTTY GOLD AND SILVER MINERALIZATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BASSET PEAK QUAD

  • Deposit

    ADMR LONG TOM MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    WILSON E D AND OTHERS AZ LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING

  • Deposit

    ABM 137 1967 P 194

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE

  • Deposit

    CREASEY, S. C., AND OTHERS, 1981, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE

  • Deposit

    GALIURO WILDERNESS AND CONTIGUOUS FURTHER PLANNING AREAS,

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA: USGS BULL. 1490, 94 P.

  • Deposit

    BROWN, S. D., 1983, MINERAL APPRAISAL OF THE CORONADO

  • Deposit

    NATIONAL FOREST, PART 4, GALIURO MOUNTAINS UNIT, GRAHAM

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, ARIZONA: USBM OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA ??-93, 40 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-AUG-93 ADMR/Creas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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