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Arizona · Gila County

Bishop's Knoll Mine

Unconfirmed Gold Underground

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Key facts

State
Arizona
County
Gila
Mining district
Green Valley District
Development status
Occurrence
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Gold
Verification
Unconfirmed

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

A former underground Au-Cu mine located on 51 claims (1920), in secs. 2 & 11, T9N, R10E, just N of Table Top summit (within a half mile), about 1¾ miles S of Round Valley and about 4 miles N of Gisela, on National Forest land. Originally discovered in …

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  • USGS MRDS working type: Underground
  • MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_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

USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Occurrence

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Chalcocite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Pyrite
  • Azurite
  • Chalcocite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Pyrite

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

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 44085

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (4)

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

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