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Arizona · Gila County

Big Buck Deposit

Unconfirmed Uranium Mixed Underground / Surface

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Key facts

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

Also known as

  • Snow White, Cypress, Bear Track, Metbel Mining and Expl Claims

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Source classification: Underground operation documented

Specific physical workings are not yet documented in discrete records.

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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.

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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

  • Metbel Mining And Exp Co · Historical operator · 1969
  • Ellison,Nathan And Donald · Source-reported owner · 1969

Commodities & minerals

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

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