Story

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite, Lead, 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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10234549
MRDS ID TC35926
MAS/MILS ID 0040130534
Record type Site
Current site name Story
Alternate or previous names Saddle Mountain Mine, Tri-Metals Mine
Related records 10095993

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.50572, 33.96117 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lion Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Theodore Roosevelt Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(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 Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007 N 008 E 11 S2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.50572, 33.96117

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. O. Carlson
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1964
  • Type Owner
    Owner Fredrickson, A. A.
    Year 1964

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS LION MTN MAP

  • Deposit

    ADMR STORY MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    MOORE,R,AZ.B.M.#180,P191

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.

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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