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Key facts

State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
Development status: Past Producer
Mine type: Underground
Primary commodity: Barium-Barite
Verification: Unconfirmed

Also known as

Arizona Barite Co., Macco, Christman

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

‡Ref.: Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 128; Wilson, E.D. (1944), Arizona nonmetallics: A summary of past production and present operations, AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 152; Stewart, L.A. & A.J. Pfister (1960), Barite deposits of AZ…

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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.

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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

Barite
Silver
Baryte
commodity:Barite (Barytes)

Access & recent conditions

Land: unknown

Community reports

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

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mine identity
development status
commodities
underground eligibility evidence

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 43382