USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Maricopa County
Altuda
Unconfirmed Gold Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Maricopa
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Ref.: Peterson, J.A. & R.M. Tosdal (1986), Mineral occurrence map and tabulation of geologic, commodity, and production data, Ajo and Lukeville quadrangles, southwestern Arizona: USGS Misc. Field Studies map MF-1834-A. Miller, G., Arizona Department…
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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
- Hamilton · Source-reported owner · 1959
- U.S. Air Force (Luke Air Force Base Bombing Range) · Source-reported owner · 1980
Commodities & minerals
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
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Record: 1 historical document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.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 107071
Supports:
- locality identity
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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