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Montezuma and La Paz Mines

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, 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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10234824
MAS/MILS ID 0040230291
Record type Site
Current site name Montezuma and La Paz Mines
Alternate or previous names Empress of India, Queen of Sheba

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.85678, 31.56293 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Patagonia(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)

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 021 S 014 E 36 E2E2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.85678, 31.56293
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Wrightson Brothers
    Year 1975
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Ferry; Henderson; Drake Enterprises
    Year 1975
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Clark And Peterson
    Year 1975
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Red Cloud Mining Co.
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    AZBM CARD FILE SANTA CRUZ CTY

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER F C 1915 USGS BULL 582 P212

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

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