USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Gila County
Arizona Commercial Mine
Unconfirmed Copper Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Gila
- Mining district
- Globe Hills District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Copper Hill Mine
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A Cu-Ag-Au mine located on 2 small groups of claims (Copper Hill group & the Eureka group), on the northwestward continuation of the Old Dominion vein, about 1 mile E of the Copper Hill ghost town site and about 1 mile SSW of Black Peak. The location g…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 18 shaft symbols
- 15 adit symbols
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_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
- Moores, E. M. · Historical operator
- Miami Copper Co. Present) · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- Chrysocolla
- Malachite
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- Chrysocolla
- Malachite
View all 9 reported minerals
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- Chrysocolla
- Malachite
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- Chrysocolla
- Malachite
- Quartz
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (18)
- mapped adit symbols (15)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 61634
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (4)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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