Copper Basin

Prospect in Greenlee county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10282509
MRDS ID D011426
MAS/MILS ID 0040110081
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Basin
Related records 10101900

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.04924, 32.93181 (WGS84)
Elevation 1512
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Greenlee(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tillie Hall Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Safford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Greenlee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 006 S 032 E 10 NENE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.04924, 32.93181

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS YORK VALLEY QUAD

  • Deposit

    POWERS,RUSSEL S GEOLOGY OF THE SUMMIT MTS AND VICINITY,

  • Deposit

    GRANT CO N.M.AND GREENLEE CO AZ ADMR FILES 1976 PLATE 4

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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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