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Arizona · Pinal County

Alice Property

Mindat Confirmed Copper Mixed Underground / Surface 2 mapped shafts 4 mapped adits

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Key facts

State
Arizona
County
Pinal
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Mixed underground / surface
Primary commodity
Copper
Verification
Mindat Confirmed

Also known as

  • Pratt Tunnel, Troy Copper Co Property, Alice Shaft, Central Nevada Milling Co Property

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

A former underground Cu-Pb-Au-Ag mine located in the center of N (N½) sec. 33, T3S, R14E (Sonora 7.5 minute topo map), about 1¼ miles SW of Tiger Mountain, on BLM-administered land. Located and named on quadrangle topo map. Possibly the Pratt tunnel is…

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Additional documented workings

  • Adit — documented in 2 source records.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
  • Tunnel — documented in 1 source record.
    Mindat

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 2 shaft symbols
  • 4 adit symbols
  • Adit : Sonora , 1964
  • Adit : Sonora , 1964
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Tunnel
    Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Mountain, on BLM-administered land. Located and named on quadrangle topo map. Possibly the Pratt tunnel is... Historical context: A f…
  • Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Surface-Underground
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_type

Verification

Mindat Confirmed

Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.

Why confirmed?

Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.

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Why it's listed

Source records document both underground and surface mining.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Operators / organizations

  • Universal Copper Corp. · Historical operator · 1956
  • Via,Clarence · Historical operator · 1979

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Chalcopyrite
  • Native Gold

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

  • mapped shaft symbols (2)
  • mapped adit symbols (4)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 67445

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (2)
  • underground workings

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