San Antonio Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Feldspar, Mica, Uranium
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10259029
MRDS ID M002287
MAS/MILS ID 0040190381
Record type Site
Current site name San Antonio Mine
Alternate or previous names Sunshine
Related records 10027152

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.95074, 32.307 (WGS84)
Elevation 597
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chico Shunie(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Cristobal Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013 S 007 W 11 SWNESE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Secondary
Mica Secondary
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.95074, 32.307

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Richard Balesteros
    Interest 100
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS AJO QUADRANGLE 1963

  • Deposit

    ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 189 P83

  • Deposit

    US AEC PRR PIMA COUNTY 1955 P 645

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.

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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