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Sonoita Creek-Alum Canyon Placers

Unknown in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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 10234587
MAS/MILS ID 0040230082
Record type Site
Current site name Sonoita Creek-Alum Canyon Placers
Alternate or previous names Palmento Placers

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.69757, 31.50824 (WGS84)
Elevation 1195

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Hughes(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 Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 022 S 015 E 13 SW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.69757, 31.50824
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH S B 1975 INDEX OF MINING PROP IN SANTA CRUZ CTY AZBM

  • Deposit

    USBM FIELD NOTES AU20

  • Deposit

    UZBM BULL 168 P83 GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING IN ARIZONA

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER F C 1915 USGS BULL 582 P279

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 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.