Spear Prospect

Occurrence in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, 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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10283468
MAS/MILS ID 0040230368
Record type Site
Current site name Spear Prospect
Alternate or previous names Unit, Az, Usbm Ofr Mla 11-94., Coronado Nf, Part 12, Santa Rita Mt

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.87598, 31.70013 (WGS84)
Elevation 1910
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

Mount Hopkins(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(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)

Mt. Wrightson Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 020 S 014 E 11 SESE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.87598, 31.70013

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Date of Last Modification 940801

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Old Baldy

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM FIELD NOTES CU53

  • Deposit

    AZBM CARD FILE SANTA CRUZ CTY

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F C 1915 USGS BULL 582 P178

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-OCT-1994 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) 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.