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Arizona · Yavapai County

Squaw Peak Mine

Source Corroborated Molybdenum Underground 1 mapped shaft 4 mapped adits

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Key facts

State
Arizona
County
Yavapai
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Molybdenum
Verification
Source Corroborated

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

A former underground Cu-Mo-Au-Ag-Pb-Zn mine located in secs. 30 & 31, T.13N., R.6E., 6 miles south of Camp Verde. Owned by the Squaw Peak Copper Mining Co. Located about 10 miles South of Camp Verde near Horner Mountain. Discovered 1944. Produced 1944-…

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Additional documented workings

  • Adit — documented in 2 source records.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
  • Shaft — 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
  • 4 adit symbols
  • Adit : Horner Mtn. , 1967
  • Adit : Horner Mtn. , 1967
  • Shaft : Horner Mtn. , 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.
  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). 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.

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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

Operators / organizations

  • MinQuest Inc · Lessee
  • American Consolidated Minerals Corp · Historical operator
  • Squaw Peak Copper Mining Co. · Source-reported owner
  • American Copper Corp. · Historical operator · 2010

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Ankerite
  • Pyrite
  • Quartz
  • Bornite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Malachite
  • Molybdenite
  • Sphalerite
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  • Ankerite
  • Pyrite
  • Quartz
  • Bornite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Malachite
  • Molybdenite
  • Sphalerite
  • Ankerite
  • Bornite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Galena
  • Malachite
  • Molybdenite
  • Monazite Group
  • Muscovite
  • Native Gold
  • Powellite
  • Pyrite
  • Quartz
  • Sericite
  • Sphalerite

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 (4)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 11459

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (14)

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

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