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Arizona · Pinal County

Arizona Copper Group

Multiple Sources Confirmed Iron Mixed Underground / Surface 6 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
Multiple Sources Confirmed

Also known as

  • Arizona Copper Co Property, Salt Lake Property, Johnson Works

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

  • Raise — documented in 4 source records.
    Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR — "Arizona Copper Group"
  • Stope — documented in 4 source records.
    Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR — "Arizona Copper Group"
  • Shaft — documented in 1 source record.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 6 shaft symbols
  • Shaft : North Butte , 1964
View individual source records (11)

Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Raise
    Documented in Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR PDF (“Arizona Copper Group”). Evidence: PDF: 2 ... Fa.t.L;;..~.'!.m.:..{C7..,,·~n7 Raises .......................... . Tunnels ....…
  • Raise
    Documented in Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR PDF (“Arizona Copper Group”). Evidence: PDF: on Shafts.......................... . . Raises ............ .............. . Tunne ls…
  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Stope
    Documented in Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR PDF (“Arizona Copper Group”). Evidence: PDF: ............s:.
  • Stope
    Documented in Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR PDF (“Arizona Copper Group”). Evidence: PDF: ... . Crossc uts .................... . Stopes ......................... . ...........…
  • Raise
    Arizona Copper Group
  • Raise
    Arizona Copper Group
  • Stope
    Arizona Copper Group
  • Stope
    Arizona Copper Group
  • 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

Multiple Sources Confirmed

Independent historical source evidence corroborates underground workings.

Why confirmed?

Confirmed by independent Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR historical documentation describing underground workings, in addition to USGS MRDS catalog eligibility. Not a member field verification.

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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

  • Consolidated Gold And Copper Co · Historical operator · 1947

Commodities & minerals

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 (6)

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
  • documented workings

Arizona Copper Group

Historical documentation does not imply current access or open workings.

AZGS Mining Info

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