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Arizona · Coconino County

Ridenour Mine

Source Corroborated Copper Underground 3 mapped adits

Key facts

State
Arizona
County
Coconino
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Copper
Verification
Source Corroborated

Also known as

  • Grand Canyon Mine

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

A Cu-U-V occurrence/mine located in the SE¼SE¼ sec. 6, T31N, R8W, G&SRM,[[2]] about 14 miles SW of Mohawk Canyon, 2 miles SE of the Colorado River, on National Recreation area land. Operators included the Coconino Copper Co.; W.R. Ridenhour; Ashcroft M…

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Additional documented workings

  • Adit — documented in 3 source records.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 3 adit symbols
  • Adit : Vulcans Throne SW , 1967
  • Adit : Vulcans Throne SW , 1967
  • Adit : Vulcans Throne SW , 1967
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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.
  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • 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.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Bornite
  • Carnotite
  • Chalcocite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Chrysocolla
  • Malachite
  • Acanthite
  • Azurite
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  • Bornite
  • Carnotite
  • Chalcocite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Chrysocolla
  • Malachite
  • Acanthite
  • Azurite
  • Bornite
  • Brochantite
  • Bromargyrite
  • Carnotite
  • Chalcocite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Chrysocolla
  • commodity:Copper
  • commodity:Uranium
  • commodity:Vanadium
  • Covellite
  • Digenite
  • Galena
  • Goethite
  • Hematite
  • Malachite
  • Marcasite
  • Metatyuyamunite
  • Mudstone
  • Naumannite
  • Pyrite
  • Roscoelite
  • Sandstone
  • Tangeite
  • Tyuyamunite
  • Uraninite
  • Vésigniéite
  • Volborthite

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 adit symbols (3)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 53340

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (30)

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

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