USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Pinal County
Happy Wheels Group
Mindat Confirmed Copper Underground
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Pinal
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A group of Cu-Ag-Au claims and former underground mine located in the E½ sec. 28, T1N, R11E (Iron Mountain 7.5 minute topo map), about ¾ mile NW of Hackberry Butte. Owned by Messrs. Frank Hilton and Barry Spencer of Arizona (1976). Mineralisation in…
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Mindat locality type is explicitly "Adit". Historical context: Hackberry Butte. Owned by Messrs. Frank Hilton and Barry Spencer of Ar…
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type
Verification
Mindat Confirmed
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why confirmed?
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 68630
Supports:
- locality identity
- underground workings
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