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Arizona · Santa Cruz County

American Boy Mine Group

Unconfirmed Silver Underground

Key facts

State
Arizona
County
Santa Cruz
Mining district
Wrightson
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Silver
Verification
Unconfirmed

Also known as

  • American Boy, Albert Gross, Deep, And Rhode Island., Coronado Nf, Part 12, Santa Rita Mt, Unit, Az, Usbm Ofr Mla 11-94., American, Lost Horse, New York,, Group Contained Nine Patent Claims:, Down #1 & #2, Fraction, Great

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented 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.

  • 10 shaft symbols
  • 16 adit symbols
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_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.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Operators / organizations

  • Clark, Peterson And Davd, Gross Mg And Investment Co. · Historical operator · 1975

Commodities & minerals

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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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 (10)
  • mapped adit symbols (16)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR

Type: Historical mine documents

Record: 1 historical document

Supports:

  • historical mine identity
  • historical mine documentation

American Boy Mine Group

Historical documentation does not imply current access or open workings.

AZGS Mining Info

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