USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Maricopa County
Newsboy Mine
Unconfirmed Gold Mixed Underground / Surface 6 mapped shafts 1 mapped adit
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Maricopa
- Mining district
- Vulture District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Charles Black Claims, Gnome Development, G.W. Mining and Minerals Co., Pitt Mine, Grande Group, Newsboy Group
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
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Adit
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features -
Shaft
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 6 shaft symbols
- 1 adit symbol
- Adit : Wickenburg SW , 1965
- Shaft : Wickenburg SW , 1965
View individual source records (4)
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.
- USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_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.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Checkmate Resources · Historical operator
- G. W. Mining And Minerals Co. · Historical operator
- Westmont Mining Co. · Historical operator
- Wounded Bull Resources, Inc. · Historical operator · 1991
- G. W. Mining And Minerals Co. (Charles Black, Fred Plummer, Jerry Mills) · Historical operator
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Kaolinite
- Quartz
- Anglesite
- Gold
- Vanadinite
- Wulfenite
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 (6)
- mapped adit symbols (1)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR
Type: Historical mine documents
Record: 1 historical document
Supports:
- historical mine identity
- historical mine documentation
Historical documentation does not imply current access or open workings.
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