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Arizona · La Paz County

Desert Mine

Source Corroborated Copper Mixed Underground / Surface 3 mapped shafts 1 mapped adit

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Key facts

State
Arizona
County
La Paz
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Mixed underground / surface
Primary commodity
Copper
Verification
Source Corroborated

Also known as

  • Gold Eagle, Winchester, Golden Mound

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

A former surface and underground Au-Cu-Ag-Pb-Mo-Fe mine located in the center (or W½) of sec. 21, T5N, R14W (Salome 15 minute topo map), 2 miles NE of Vicksburg and 1 mile W of Winchester Peak. Consisted of 3 patented and 2 unpatented claims in 1942. M…

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Additional documented workings

  • Shaft — documented in 3 source records.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
  • Adit — documented in 1 source record.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 3 shaft symbols
  • 1 adit symbol
  • Shaft : Salome , 1961
  • Shaft : Harcuvar , 1990
  • Shaft : Harcuvar , 1990
  • Adit : Harcuvar , 1990
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • 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.
  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). 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.
  • 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

Source Corroborated

Additional historical source evidence corroborates this record. This is not a member field verification of current conditions.

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Why it's listed

Source records document both underground and surface mining.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Operators / organizations

  • All State Mining Co · Historical operator · 1950
  • Troy · Historical operator

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Calcite
  • Chalcocite
  • Chrysocolla
  • commodity:Copper
  • commodity:Gold
  • commodity:Iron
  • commodity:Lead
  • commodity:Molybdenum
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  • Calcite
  • Chalcocite
  • Chrysocolla
  • commodity:Copper
  • commodity:Gold
  • commodity:Iron
  • commodity:Lead
  • commodity:Molybdenum
  • commodity:Silver
  • Cuprite
  • Limonite
  • Malachite
  • Native Gold
  • Wulfenite

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

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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 (3)
  • mapped adit symbols (1)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR

Type: Historical mine documents

Record: 2 historical documents

Supports:

  • historical mine identity
  • historical mine documentation
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Historical documentation does not imply current access or open workings.

AZGS Mining Info

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 33467

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (14)

A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.

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