USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Yavapai County
Copper Basin
Unconfirmed Copper Mixed Underground / Surface 2 mapped shafts 3 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Yavapai
- Mining district
- Copper Basin District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Copper Hill, Loma Prieta, Commercial, Western Copper
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
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Adit
— documented in 1 source record.
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.
- 2 shaft symbols
- 3 adit symbols
- Shaft : Wilhoit , 1969
- Adit : Wilhoit , 1969
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. -
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: Surface, Underground · work_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
- SUMITOMO CORP · Historical operator · 1999
- SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO · Historical operator · 1999
- PHELPS DODGE CORP (FREEPORT-MCMORAN COPPER) · Historical operator · 1999
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Azurite
- Bornite
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- Chrysocolla
- Copper
- Cuprite
- Ferrimolybdite
View all 15 reported minerals
- Azurite
- Bornite
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- Chrysocolla
- Copper
- Cuprite
- Ferrimolybdite
- Hematite
- Jarosite
- Limonite
- Malachite
- Molybdenite
- Pyrite
- Tenorite
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 (2)
- mapped adit symbols (3)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR
Type: Historical mine documents
Record: 3 historical documents
Supports:
- historical mine identity
- historical mine documentation
View 3 citations
- Copper Basin
- Copper Basin (1938)
- Copper Basin
Historical documentation does not imply current access or open workings.
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