USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Maricopa County
Orizaba Mine
Source Corroborated Copper Underground 2 mapped shafts 1 mapped adit
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Maricopa
- Development status
- Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Source Corroborated
Also known as
- Truman, Orizab1
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
‡Ref.: Yale Peabody GNIS database (NOTE: this database is derived from USGS 1:24,000 topographic map data).
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 2 shaft symbols
- 1 adit symbol
- Adit : Squaw Creek Mesa , 1969
View individual source records (3)
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.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Source Corroborated
Additional historical source evidence corroborates this record. This is not a member field verification of current conditions.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Producer
Operators / organizations
- Allied Mining And Smelting Co. · Historical operator
- Orizaba Mining Co. · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Gold
- Silver
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 (2)
- 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Record: 1 historical document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.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 62549
Supports:
- locality identity
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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