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Superior and Boston Claims

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Manganese, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10258525
MRDS ID M241205
MAS/MILS ID 0040070647
Record type Site
Current site name Superior and Boston Claims
Alternate or previous names Black Oxide, Limestone, Great Eastern Shaft
Related records 10046303

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.75539, 33.43508 (WGS84)
Elevation 1254
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Globe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Carlos(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001 N 015+E 14 NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.75539, 33.43508
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADMR "U" FILE CU 7, MN 37

  • Deposit

    ADMR BLACK OXIDE FILE

  • Deposit

    STEVENS H J COPPER HANDBOOK VOL X 1911 P 1624-1626

  • Deposit

    PETERSON N P GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GLOBE-MIAMI

  • Deposit

    DISTRICT USGS PP 342 1962 P 110-112

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL UAGUST 1919 P 19, FEBRUARY 1920 P 35;

  • Deposit

    JANUARY 1 1922 P 23

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.