USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · La Paz County
Planet Mine
Unconfirmed Silica Underground
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- La Paz
- Mining district
- Planet District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Silica
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- New Planet, Planet Copper Mine, Planet Mine Group
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Source classification: Underground operation documented
Specific physical workings are not yet documented in discrete records.
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 5 shaft symbols
- 25 adit symbols
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Miami Copper Co. (Held Option On Planet Mine From The Owners); Arizona Ranch And Metals Co. · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Calcite
- Quartz
- Bornite
- Chalcopyrite
- Chrysocolla
- Gold
- Hematite
- Limestone
View all 13 reported minerals
- Calcite
- Quartz
- Bornite
- Chalcopyrite
- Chrysocolla
- Gold
- Hematite
- Limestone
- Limonite
- Malachite
- Pyrite
- Silver
- Specularite
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 (5)
- mapped adit symbols (25)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR
Type: Historical mine documents
Record: 2 historical documents
Supports:
- historical mine identity
- historical mine documentation
View 2 citations
- Planet Mine
- Planet Mine (1905)
Historical documentation does not imply current access or open workings.
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Historical mapped workings available