USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Navajo County
Apache Coal
Unconfirmed Coal Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Navajo
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Coal
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
An former Fe-coal deposit/mine located in the SE¼NW¼ sec. 27, T9N, R21E, G&SRM, 5.2 km (3.2 miles) W of Show Low, on National Forest land. Owned & operated by J. Meason, President, Apache Coal Mining Company (1964). Local rocks include Cretaceous se…
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- 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.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- J. Meason, Pres; Apache Coal M. C. · Historical operator · 1964
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- commodity:Coal
- commodity:Iron
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 73173
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (2)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.