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Arizona · Greenlee County

Fourth of July Mine

Unconfirmed Fluorine-Fluorite Mixed Underground / Surface 3 mapped shafts 1 mapped adit

Key facts

State
Arizona
County
Greenlee
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Mixed underground / surface
Primary commodity
Fluorine-Fluorite
Verification
Unconfirmed

Also known as

  • Billingsley Fluorspar, Ellis Shaft, Sydney

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

A former surface and underground Fluorspar-Mn-W-Cu-Au-Ag-Be mine located on 7 unpatented claims, in the NW¼NE¼NW¼ sec. 4, T8S, R32E, and the SW¼ sec. 33, T7S, R32E, 7.5 miles ESE of York between Willow Creek and Daniels Camp Canyon, adjacent to the Luc…

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Additional documented workings

  • Shaft — documented in 2 source records.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 3 shaft symbols
  • 1 adit symbol
  • Shaft : Goat Camp Spring , 1986
  • Shaft : Goat Camp Spring , 1986
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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.
  • 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: Surface, Underground · work_type
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_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.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Operators / organizations

  • Billingsley, Ben · Source-reported owner · 1975

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Bertrandite
  • Calcite
  • commodity:Beryllium
  • commodity:Copper
  • commodity:Fluorite (Fluorspar)
  • commodity:Gold
  • commodity:Manganese
  • commodity:Silver
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  • Bertrandite
  • Calcite
  • commodity:Beryllium
  • commodity:Copper
  • commodity:Fluorite (Fluorspar)
  • commodity:Gold
  • commodity:Manganese
  • commodity:Silver
  • commodity:Tungsten
  • Fayalite-Forsterite Series
  • Fluorite
  • Psilomelane
  • Quartz

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 (3)
  • mapped adit symbols (1)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 47989

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (12)

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

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