USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Gila County
Cactus Mine
Unconfirmed Molybdenum Underground
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Gila
- Mining district
- Globe-Miami District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Molybdenum
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Pinto Shaft, Hamilton Shaft, Brewery, Carlotta, Cactus Deposit, Carlota, Arizona National Copper Deposit, Alexander, Eder
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A relatively small former underground Cu-Mo-Au-Ag-Pb-Zn mine in a disseminated copper deposit located in the E½ sec. 36, T1N, R13E (Inspiration 7.5 minute topo map), on Pinto Creek near the SW corner of the Inspiration Quadrangle, just W of Manitou Hil…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 7 shaft symbols
- 25 adit symbols
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_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.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Cambior (Usa) Inc. · Source-reported owner · 1995
- Cambior Inc. · Source-reported owner · 1995
- Quadra Mining Ltd · Historical operator · 2009
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Limonite
- Chalcocite
- Chrysocolla
- Malachite
- Pyrite
- Chalcocite
- Limonite
- Muscovite
View all 10 reported minerals
- Limonite
- Chalcocite
- Chrysocolla
- Malachite
- Pyrite
- Chalcocite
- Limonite
- Muscovite
- Pyrite
- Sericite
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 (7)
- mapped adit symbols (25)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR
Type: Historical mine documents
Record: 2 historical documents
Supports:
- historical mine identity
- historical mine documentation
View 2 citations
Historical documentation does not imply current access or open workings.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 61630
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (5)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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