USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Pima County
Florida Mine
Source Corroborated Copper Underground 2 mapped shafts 2 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Pima
- Mining district
- Old Baldy
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Source Corroborated
Also known as
- Robinson Group, Coronado Nf, Part 12, Santa Rita Mt, Unit, Az, Usbm Ofr Mla 11-94.
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
‡Ref.: Schrader, F.C. & J.M. Hill (1915), Mineral deposits of the Santa Rita and Patagonia Mountains, Arizona, USGS Bull. 582: 168-169. Full, Roy P. (1970) Indian Claims Commission docket 345, VIP 298-301. Niemuth, N.J. (1987), Arizona Mineral De…
Additional documented workings
-
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
- 2 adit symbols
- Shaft : Mount Wrightson , 1958
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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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): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_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: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Azurite
- Calcite
- Chalcopyrite
- Chlorite Group
- Cuprite
- Epidote
- Hematite
- Limonite
View all 11 reported minerals
- Azurite
- Calcite
- Chalcopyrite
- Chlorite Group
- Cuprite
- Epidote
- Hematite
- Limonite
- Magnetite
- Malachite
- Pyrite
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 (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: 58584
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (11)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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