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Sonoita Mine Group

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Vanadium, 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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10283353
MAS/MILS ID 0040230366
Record type Site
Current site name Sonoita Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Sondita Mine Group, Sondita, Evans Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.79238, 31.45484 (WGS84)
Elevation 1347
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cumero Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(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 Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023 S 015 E 03 NESE Arizona

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.79238, 31.45484
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Palmetto District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Keegan; Sonoita Copper Co; Evans
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH S B 1975 INDEX OF MINING PROP IN SANTA CRUZ CTY AZBM

  • Deposit

    USBM FIELD NOTES

  • Deposit

    AZBM CARD FILE SANTA CRUZ CTY

  • Deposit

    USBM CORONADO NATIONAL FOREST REPORT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-AUG-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.