Mars Patent

Occurrence in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gold
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 10258959
MAS/MILS ID 0040251830
Record type Site
Current site name Mars Patent
Alternate or previous names Swiss Bell

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -113.10996, 34.46814 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Malpais Mesa NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alamo Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Maria(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013 N 008 W 16 NWNWNW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -113.10996, 34.46814

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner John Valko And Jay Pratt
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLAIMS ALSO IN SEC 8 9 AND 17

  • Deposit

    USGS MALPAIS MESA NE QUAD

  • Deposit

    BLM STATE OFFICE AQUARIUS PLANNING UNIT STEP 3

  • Deposit

    ADMR SWISS BELL MINE FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-DEC-1996 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.