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Contention Mine

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Manganese, 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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10283587
MRDS ID M050382
MAS/MILS ID 0040190169
Record type Site
Current site name Contention Mine
Alternate or previous names North Star
Related records 10039590

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.07899, 31.89042 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twin Buttes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 018 S 012 E 01 NWNWSW Arizona

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.07899, 31.89042
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Amuran Mining Co
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Banner Mining Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS TWIN BUTTES QUADRANGLE

  • Deposit

    ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 189 P133 1974

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.

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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.