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Arizona · Yavapai County

Cherry King Mine

Unconfirmed Copper Underground

Key facts

State
Arizona
County
Yavapai
Mining district
Cherry Creek District
Development status
Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Copper
Verification
Unconfirmed

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

‡Ref.: Anderson, C.A. & S.C. Creasey (1958), Geology and ore deposits of the Jerome area, Yavapai County, Arizona, USGS PP 308. Yale Peabody GNIS database (NOTE: this database is derived from USGS 1:24,000 topographic map data). U.S. Bureau of Mi…

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Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 2 shaft symbols
  • 6 adit symbols
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • 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.

Why it's listed

USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Producer

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Quartz
  • Gold
  • Native Gold

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 (2)
  • mapped adit 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Record: 1 historical document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

Cherry King

Historical documentation does not imply current access or open workings.

AZGS Mining Info

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 62513

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (1)

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

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