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Arizona · Pima County

Copper Glance Mine

Unconfirmed Copper Underground 6 mapped shafts

Key facts

State
Arizona
County
Pima
Mining district
Pima District
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Copper
Verification
Unconfirmed

Also known as

  • Glance

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

  • 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 : Twin Buttes , 1957
View individual source records (3)

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

  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • 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: Past Producer

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Actinolite
  • Chlorite
  • Garnet
  • Magnetite
  • Bornite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Galena
  • Pyrite
View all 9 reported minerals
  • Actinolite
  • Chlorite
  • Garnet
  • Magnetite
  • Bornite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Galena
  • Pyrite
  • Sphalerite

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Record: 1 historical document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

Copper Glance

Historical documentation does not imply current access or open workings.

AZGS Mining Info

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