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Arizona · Pinal County

Alvarez Claims

Unconfirmed Iron Mixed Underground / Surface 7 mapped shafts

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Key facts

State
Arizona
County
Pinal
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Mixed underground / surface
Primary commodity
Iron
Verification
Unconfirmed

Also known as

  • Munsey Property, Ben Alverez Group, Red Hills Property, Arizona Cons Au and Ag Property, Arizona Copper GroupRed Hills, Mesa West

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

A group of Cu-Au-Fe-Pb claims/prospect located in the SE¼ sec. 33 ( & N½ sec. 27 per MRDS), T4S, R11E (North Butte 7.5 minute topo map), about 4 miles SSW of South Butte, and about 10 miles due E of Florence, on private land. Claims extend into secs. 3…

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Additional documented workings

  • Shaft — documented in 1 source record.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 7 shaft symbols
  • Shaft : North Butte , 1964
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • 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

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

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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

  • Red Hills Mining Co. · Historical operator · 1976

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Chalcopyrite
  • Hematite
  • Pyrite
  • Sericite

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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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 (7)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR

Type: Historical mine documents

Record: 1 historical document

Supports:

  • historical mine identity
  • historical mine documentation

Alvarez Claims

Historical documentation does not imply current access or open workings.

AZGS Mining Info

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 67447

Supports:

  • locality identity

A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.

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