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The Cerro
Colorado Mine (Heintzelman Mine; Silver Queen Mine) was discovered around 1750 by Spanish explorers. The mine was in production from 1856 to 1884 and from 1901 to 1937. Early production was by the Sonora Exploration & Mining Company, which was then owned by
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The highest grade ore on record was over 12,000 ounces of silver per ton, with an average mined grade in 1859 of 770 oz/t; the average since that year is around 225 oz/t. Ore was mined above 350 feet of depth.
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lie 12 km (7.5 mi) to the southwest. The Sierra
Colorado silver mining district lies in the hills between the Sierra Colorados and the Las Guijas ranges. Saucito Mountain at the north end of the
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to the southwest at the south end of the Las Guijas
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Arivaca Road, which connects
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are across the Santa Cruz Valley to the east. The broad
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1865:Silver mines in the United States
359:7.5 minute quadrangle, USGS, 2004
330:7.5 minute quadrangle, USGS, 1979
143:4.0 km (2.5 mi) NNE
135:6.8 km (4.2 mi) NNW
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1334:Black Mountain (Maricopa County)
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1845:History of Pima County, Arizona
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1339:Black Mountain (Pima County)
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369:Arizona Atlas and Gazetteer,
83:5,319 ft (1,621 m)
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22:Cerro Colorado Mountains
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1714:Sierra Madre Occidental
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1254:Agua Caliente Mountains
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292:per ton, 0.1 ounces of
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1469:Granite Wash Mountains
1309:Bill Williams Mountain
1128:Superstition Mountains
1074:Santa Teresa Mountains
615:Hieroglyphic Mountains
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328:Cerro Colorado, Ariz.,
111:31.71222°N 111.26194°W
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1694:Santa Maria Mountains
1414:Dos Cabezas Mountains
1141:Superstition Mountain
525:Castle Dome Mountains
357:Saucito Mountain, AZ,
262:Baboquivari Mountains
227:The foothills of the
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1819:White Tank Mountains
1784:Tumacacori Mountains
1559:Lukachukai Mountains
1539:Las Guijas Mountains
1494:Harquahala Mountains
1404:Date Creek Mountains
1299:Beaver Dam Mountains
1259:Agua Dulce Mountains
1051:Santa Rita Mountains
679:Little Ajo Mountains
561:Chiricahua Mountains
451:Mountains of Arizona
254:Santa Rita Mountains
238:Tumacacori Mountains
233:Las Guijas Mountains
218:Pima County, Arizona
205:Las Guijas Mountains
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1744:Swisshelm Mountains
1699:Sevenmile Mountains
1659:Picketpost Mountain
1644:Patagonia Mountains
1624:New Water Mountains
1619:New River Mountains
1564:Madrean Sky Islands
1484:Guadalupe Mountains
1454:Goldfield Mountains
1439:Gila Bend Mountains
1409:Dome Rock Mountains
1389:Chocolate Mountains
1344:Blackjack Mountains
1274:Artillery Mountains
1197:Whetstone Mountains
963:Black Bottom Crater
927:San Francisco Peaks
822:Sunnyslope Mountain
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1734:Sugarloaf Mountain
1704:Sierra San Antonio
1689:San Luis Mountains
1639:Pajarito Mountains
1579:Moccasin Mountains
1489:Harcuvar Mountains
1314:Bitsihuitsos Butte
1279:Atascosa Mountains
1269:Aquarius Mountains
1228:Escudilla Mountain
850:Pinaleño Mountains
802:Camelback Mountain
743:McDowell Mountains
720:Mazatzal Mountains
656:Hualapai Mountains
633:Huachuca Mountains
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229:Sierrita Mountains
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63:Highest point
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1679:Rawhide Mountains
1649:Peacock Mountains
1604:Mustang Mountains
1599:Muggins Mountains
1574:Mineral Mountains
1474:Growler Mountains
1464:Granite Mountains
1459:Grand Wash Cliffs
1429:Galiuro Mountains
1379:Carrizo Mountains
1304:Belmont Mountains
1003:Strawberry Crater
886:Quinlan Mountains
868:Plomosa Mountains
794:Phoenix Mountains
597:Dragoon Mountains
397:978-0-300-11133-0
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1584:Mohave Mountains
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1534:Laguna Mountains
1399:Coyote Mountains
1394:Copper Mountains
1289:Baboquivari Peak
1174:Tucson Mountains
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1754:Temple Butte
1719:Sierra Pinta
1674:Poston Butte
1654:Picacho Peak
1629:Newton Butte
1519:Juniper Mesa
1479:Gu Achi Peak
1434:Gavilan Peak
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1374:Canelo Hills
1294:Balakai Mesa
1284:Aubrey Hills
1249:Agathla Peak
1187:Tumamoc Hill
1100:Mistake Peak
1092:Sierra Ancha
1041:Thimble Peak
1031:Mount Lemmon
993:Roden Crater
988:O'Leary Peak
945:Fremont Peak
935:Agassiz Peak
858:Mount Graham
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1614:The Needles
1509:Isis Temple
1233:Mount Baldy
1205:Apache Peak
1036:Pusch Ridge
983:Mount Elden
917:Rincon Peak
664:Aubrey Peak
646:Miller Peak
605:Mount Glenn
533:Castle Dome
515:Mount Union
459:Black Hills
286:Samuel Colt
191:Pima County
114: /
102:111°15′43″W
89:Coordinates
1839:Categories
1729:Squaw Tits
1504:Hunts Mesa
1164:Black Dome
998:S P Crater
940:Doyle Peak
840:Pinal Peak
728:Four Peaks
587:Roof Butte
312:References
197:Borders on
127:Dimensions
99:31°42′44″N
1424:Excalibur
1364:Bush Head
894:Kitt Peak
876:Ibex Peak
733:Mount Ord
705:Lime Peak
641:Carr Peak
156:Geography
79:Elevation
751:East End
687:Ajo Peak
264:beyond.
1419:Etoi Ki
269:Arivaca
248:in the
172:Arizona
161:Country
1242:Others
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387:2006,
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302:copper
290:silver
187:County
177:Region
132:Length
401:p. 81
169:State
140:Width
393:ISBN
373:ISBN
300:and
298:lead
294:gold
284:and
212:The
203:and
148:Area
68:Peak
240:of
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335:^
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443:e
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