USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Gila County
Ox Bow Mine
Source Corroborated Copper Mixed Underground / Surface 1 mapped shaft 3 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Gila
- Mining district
- Green Valley District
- Development status
- Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Source Corroborated
Also known as
- Osborn Prospect, Golden Wreath, Others
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.
- 1 shaft symbol
- 3 adit symbols
- Shaft : Payson South , 1973
- Adit : Payson South , 1973
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: Surface/Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_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
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Producer
Operators / organizations
- Thorne, Clay · Historical operator
- Saccuci, Pete · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Calcite
- Epidote
- Hematite
- Hornblende
- Kaolin
- Limonite
- Quartz
- Sericite
View all 16 reported minerals
- Calcite
- Epidote
- Hematite
- Hornblende
- Kaolin
- Limonite
- Quartz
- Sericite
- Chalcopyrite
- Chrysocolla
- Cuprodescloizite
- Dioptase
- Fluorite
- Gold
- Malachite
- Wulfenite
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 (1)
- mapped adit symbols (3)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
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