Claims.

The Claims. is a copper and silver mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,642 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Claims.  

State:  Arizona

County:  Santa Cruz

Elevation: 4,642 Feet (1,415 Meters)

Commodity: Copper, Silver

Lat, Long: 31.5617, -110.80060

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Claims. MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Claims.
Secondary: Ivanhoe Mine Group
Secondary: Ivanhoe Mine
Secondary: Patented Claim Group Containing
Secondary: Ivanhoe 1-8 and Commercial 1-6
Secondary: Coronado Nf, Part 12, Santa Rita Mt
Secondary: Unit, Az, Usbm Ofr Mla 11-94.


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Molybdenum


Location

State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Tyndall


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Type: Patented


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Ivanhoe Mg Co; Johnson; Tobin And Beasley; Kopkins
Info Year: 1975


Production

Year: 1924
Description: Thru 1924 51 Oz/T Ag, 2% Cu, Pb 420 Tons


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Not available


References

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER F C 1915 USGS 582 P216-218

Reference (Deposit): AZBM CARD FILE SANTA CRUZ CTY

Reference (Deposit): W H WEED, 1918, THE MINES HANDBOOK, V XIII, P. 500.

Reference (Deposit): KEITH S B 1975 AZBM BULL 191 P 85


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