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Arizona · Maricopa County

Red Mountain Mine

Unconfirmed Copper Underground 1 mapped shaft 1 mapped adit

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Key facts

State
Arizona
County
Maricopa
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Copper
Verification
Unconfirmed

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

  • Adit — 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
  • 1 adit symbol
  • Adit : Mc Dowell Peak , 1965
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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.
  • 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

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Bornite
  • Chalcopyrite

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

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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 (1)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

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