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Arizona · Maricopa County

Portmanteau Mine

Unconfirmed Gold Underground 1 mapped shaft 5 mapped adits

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Key facts

State
Arizona
County
Maricopa
Mining district
Cave Creek District
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Gold
Verification
Unconfirmed

Also known as

  • Gold Hill Mine, Van Buskirk

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

Ref.: AZ Bur. Geol. Min. Tech. file data; AZ Bur. Geol. Min. Tech. clippings files; DeWitt, Ed (1981), unpublished reconnaissance mapping data; USGS Humboldt Mountain map; Bur. Land Mgmt. Mining District sheet; Bur. Land Mgmt. plat 1376; MRDS files #10…

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Additional documented workings

  • 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.

  • 1 shaft symbol
  • 5 adit symbols
  • Shaft : Humboldt Mtn. , 1964
  • Adit : Humboldt Mtn. , 1964
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • 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: 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

Operators / organizations

  • R. B. Van Buskirk (Nickolson Mining Co.) · Historical operator

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Gold
  • Silver

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

  • mapped shaft symbols (1)
  • mapped adit symbols (5)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR

Type: Historical mine documents

Record: 1 historical document

Supports:

  • historical mine identity
  • historical mine documentation

Portmanteau

Historical documentation does not imply current access or open workings.

AZGS Mining Info

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 107010

Supports:

  • locality identity

A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.

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