USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Pinal County
Bomboy Mine
Source Corroborated Copper Underground 2 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Pinal
- Development status
- Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Source Corroborated
Also known as
- King Copper Group, Bumboy, Bombay
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former underground Cu-Ag-Au-V-Pb mine located in the SW¼NW¼NW¼ sec. 26 T1S, R11E (Picketpost Mountain 7.5 minute topo map), about 1¾ miles SSE of Roblas Butte (old Wood Camp Canyon District). It is 2½ miles westerly from Hewitt Station. Superior is 8…
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 2 source records.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 2 adit symbols
- Adit : Picketpost Mtn , 1948
- Adit : Picketpost Mtn , 1948
View individual source records (4)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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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.
- 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.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Limonite
- Quartz
- Chrysocolla
- Copper
- Chrysocolla
- Limonite
- Native Copper
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 adit symbols (2)
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.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 62470
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (3)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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