A few mining operations also exist within the Study Area. These miners control mining permits for some of the lands within the area.

GRAZING LEASES

The Donnelly Ranch grazing lease area (#5-52614) is east of the Gold Canyon Development Area, abutting the Superstition Wilderness Area on the north. This ranching operation grazes about nine sections of State Land.

The Quarter Circle U Ranch grazing lease area (#5-71) is east of the Donnelly Ranch area. It is bordered by the Superstition Wilderness Area on the north and east. This ranching operation grazes about twenty sections of State Land, and one section of BLM land.

The Johnson Ranch grazing lease area (#5-2333) is northeast of Hwy 60 and south of the Donnelly and Quarter Circle U grazing areas. This ranching operation grazes about twenty-two sections of State Land.

The Ruiz Ranch grazing lease area (#5-3619) lies east of the Johnson area, south of the Quarter Circle U area, to the Tonto National Forest boundary. This ranching operation grazes about seventeen sections of State Land.

The Martin Ranch grazing lease area (#5-2574) is on the far east edge of the Study Area, north of Elephant Butte, along the border of the Tonto National Forest. This ranching operation grazes about two and three quarters sections of State Land.

The Flake Ranch grazing lease area (#5-102441) lies southwest of Hwy. 60, on the far southwestern edge of the Study Area.

The Ellsworth Desert Ranch grazing lease area (#5-1568) is everything south of Hwy. 60 and west of Florence Junction, on the far southwest corner of the Study Area.

MINING PERMITS

The largest mining operation within the Study Area is that of a rock and gravel operation in the Queen Creek Wash, east of U.S. 60. There are several other small mining permits elsewhere within the Study Area.