USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Mohave County
Emerald Isle Mine
Unconfirmed Copper Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Mohave
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former Cu-Au-Ag occurrence/mine located in the S½ sec. 22 & in sec. 27, T23N, R18W, G&SRM, 3.6 km (2.3 miles) WSW of Mineral Park, about 3 miles S of Chloride, about 2.4 miles WNW of Turquoise Mountain, on Bureau of Land Management administered land …
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 1 shaft symbol
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Arimetco International, Inc. · Historical operator
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Chalcocite
- Chrysocolla
- Tenorite
- Chalcocite
- Chrysocolla
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Silver
View all 12 reported minerals
- Chalcocite
- Chrysocolla
- Tenorite
- Chalcocite
- Chrysocolla
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Silver
- Conglomerate
- Dioptase
- Porphyry
- Tenorite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (1)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 36806
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (9)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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