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Arizona · Pima County

Falls Claim

Unconfirmed Silver Underground

Key facts

State
Arizona
County
Pima
Mining district
Helvetia-Rosemont District
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Silver
Verification
Unconfirmed

Also known as

  • Coronado Nf, Part 12, Santa Rita Mt, Unit, Az, Usbm Ofr Mla 11-94.

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

Ref.: Keith, Stanton B. (1974), Arizona Bureau of Geology & Mineral Technology, Geological Survey Branch Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, Arizona: 125 (Table 4). Niemuth, N.J. & K.A. Phillips (1992), Copper Oxide Resources, Ariz…

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Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

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

  • Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_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

Operators / organizations

  • Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.) · Historical operator · 1994

Commodities & minerals

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 (7)
  • mapped adit symbols (16)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 36116

Supports:

  • locality identity

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

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