USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Pinal County
Ray Silver Lead Mine
Unconfirmed Lead Underground 2 mapped shafts 4 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Pinal
- Mining district
- Mineral Creek District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Lead
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Ray Silver Mine
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground 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
- 4 adit symbols
- Adit : Sonora , 1964
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
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Crown Point Mining, Dye And Barthick, Phelps Dodge, And G. R. French · Historical operator
- Dr. Kent Conner , E. M. And C. F. Moores Corp. · Historical operator
- Ray Dye And C. Moore , Ray Silver Lead Mining Co. · Historical operator
- Ray Silver Lead Mining Co. · Historical operator
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Talc
- Hematite
- Limonite
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 (4)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR
Type: Historical mine documents
Record: 2 historical documents
Supports:
- historical mine identity
- historical mine documentation
View 2 citations
Historical documentation does not imply current access or open workings.
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