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Contact Mine

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10283175
MRDS ID M001468
MAS/MILS ID 0040190168
Record type Site
Current site name Contact Mine
Alternate or previous names Old Bucket, Rusty Red, Tom Rigg
Related records 10102419

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.33959, 31.53293 (WGS84)
Elevation 1268
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

Arivaca(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 022 S 010 E 08 C N2 Arizona

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.33959, 31.53293
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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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    S B KEITH ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 189 P105 1974

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-JUL-93 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.