USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Pima County
Gould Mine
Unconfirmed Copper Underground 3 mapped shafts 1 mapped adit
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Pima
- Mining district
- Amole District
- Development status
- Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former small underground Cu-Ag-Pb mine located in West-central sec. 31, T.13S., R.12E., 6 miles SE of Avra. Owned at times, or in part, by the Gould Copper Mining Co.; and the Pioneer Smelting Co. Mineralization is copper sulfides, pyrite and mino…
Additional documented workings
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Shaft
— documented in 2 source records.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features -
Adit
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 3 shaft symbols
- 1 adit symbol
- Shaft : Avra , 1968
- Shaft : Avra , 1968
- Adit : Avra , 1968
View individual source records (5)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). 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. -
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.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Epidote
- Garnet
- Quartz
- Copper
- Pyrite
- Chalcopyrite
- Epidote
- Garnet Group
View all 10 reported minerals
- Epidote
- Garnet
- Quartz
- Copper
- Pyrite
- Chalcopyrite
- Epidote
- Garnet Group
- Pyrite
- Quartz
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 (3)
- mapped adit symbols (1)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 34534
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (5)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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