USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Graham County
Sanchez Copper Deposit
Unconfirmed Copper Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Graham
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Safford Inspiration, Carpenter, Safford Deposit, Esperanza, Inspiration Sanchez Project, Bellmon, Bob Carresco, Arichise Copper Co., United Nuclear, Nancy Group, McBride, Azco
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Source classification: Underground operation documented
Specific physical workings are not yet documented in discrete records.
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 1 shaft symbol
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Surface-Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Butte Resources · Source-reported owner · 1987
- Cerro and Superior Corp · Source-reported owner · 1966
- Azco Mining Inc. · Historical operator · 1995
- Freeport-McMoran and Gold Inc · Historical operator · 2009
- Phelps Dodge Corp · Historical operator · 2009
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Biotite
- Calcite
- Chlorite
- Epidote
- Goethite
- Hematite
- Jarosite
- Magnetite
View all 26 reported minerals
- Biotite
- Calcite
- Chlorite
- Epidote
- Goethite
- Hematite
- Jarosite
- Magnetite
- Plagioclase
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Sericite
- Atacamite
- Bornite
- Brochantite
- Chalcanthite
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- Chrysocolla
- Copper
- Cuprite
- Delafossite
- Gold
- Malachite
- Molybdenite
- Tenorite
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 (1)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR
Type: Historical mine documents
Record: 1 historical document
Supports:
- historical mine identity
- historical mine documentation
Historical documentation does not imply current access or open workings.
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