Queen of Sheba

Prospect in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10234950
MRDS ID TC38429
MAS/MILS ID 0040130492
Record type Site
Current site name Queen of Sheba
Alternate or previous names La Aguila Pat Claim, La Firmos
Related records 10064164

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.70465, 33.87226 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
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

Wickenburg SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 006 N 004 W 08 SWSW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.70465, 33.87226

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. Long Et Al
    Year 1979
  • Type Unknown
    Owner J. Weaterby
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS 7.5 WICKENBURG SW MAP

  • Deposit

    BLM MINING DISTRICT SHEET

  • Deposit

    ADMR QUEEN OF SHEBA FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMR LA AGUILA & LA FIRMOSA CLAIMS FILE

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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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