USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Graham County
Safford Well
Unconfirmed Halite Underground
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Graham
- Development status
- Occurrence
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Halite
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A brine well and salt deposit located in sec. 22, T7S, R25E and in sec. 26, T7S, R26E. Mineralization is 120,000 ppm dissolved solids, mostly Na and Cl in sample taken from 1250 feet (section 22). In section 26, core revealed discrete halite crystal…
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- 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: Occurrence
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Brine
- Halite
- Halite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 131556
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (1)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.