Four Metals

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Silver, Tungsten, Zinc
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 10234778
MRDS ID M030400
MAS/MILS ID 0040230193
Record type Site
Current site name Four Metals
Alternate or previous names Guajolote Lode, Phoenix Claims, Hillside Claims, Gross Copper Prospect, Red Mt Mine, Red Hill
Related records 10037102, 10259071

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.73757, 31.39824 (WGS84)
Elevation 1512
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harshaw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nogales(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 023 S 016 E 29 W2 C Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary
Silver Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.73757, 31.39824

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 Patagonia

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Gross; Four Metals Mining Co; Coronado Mines Inc
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INDEX TO MINING PROP IN SANTA CRUZ CTY AZBM BULL 191

  • Deposit

    USBM FIELD NOTES CU65

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582, P. 317

  • Deposit

    ABM CLIPPING FILE

  • Deposit

    AZBM CARD FILE SANTA CRUZ FILE

  • Deposit

    USGS CORONADO NATIONAL FOREST REPORT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-AUG-93 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.