USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Pinal County
Elephant Butte Mine
Unconfirmed Tungsten Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Pinal
- Development status
- Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Tungsten
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former surface and underground W-Cu-Mo-Ag mine located on 4 unpatented claims in the NW¼ (center N½) sec. 24, T1S, R10E (Florence Junction 7.5 minute topo map), about 1½ miles SW of Elephant Butte, about 3 air miles N of Queen Valley and about 5¾ mil…
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Surface/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: Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Chlorite
- Feldspar
- Muscovite
- Quartz
- Chalcocite
- Copper
- Scheelite
- Chalcocite
View all 13 reported minerals
- Chlorite
- Feldspar
- Muscovite
- Quartz
- Chalcocite
- Copper
- Scheelite
- Chalcocite
- Chlorite Group
- Feldspar Group
- Muscovite
- Native Copper
- Scheelite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
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Record: 1 historical document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: 68569
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (6)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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