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Arizona · Pinal County

Pools Property

Multiple Sources Confirmed Gold Underground

Key facts

State
Arizona
County
Pinal
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Gold
Verification
Multiple Sources Confirmed

Also known as

  • Ash Creek Gold Mining and Milling

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

  • Incline — documented in 2 source records, noting 60 ft.
    Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR — "Pools Property"

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 6 shaft symbols
  • 2 adit symbols
View individual source records (4)

Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Incline
    Documented in Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR PDF (“Pools Property”). Evidence: PDF: few inches to twelve feet in width. An incline shaft has been sunk on the south vein to a de…
  • Incline
    Pools Property
  • Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type

Verification

Multiple Sources Confirmed

Independent historical source evidence corroborates underground workings.

Why confirmed?

Confirmed by independent Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR historical documentation describing underground workings, in addition to USGS MRDS catalog eligibility. Not a member field verification.

Why it's listed

USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Operators / organizations

  • Bidtich,Joe · Source-reported owner · 1960

Commodities & minerals

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

I Visited This Mine

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 (6)
  • mapped adit symbols (2)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR

Type: Historical mine documents

Record: 1 historical document

Supports:

  • historical mine identity
  • historical mine documentation
  • documented workings

Pools Property

Historical documentation does not imply current access or open workings.

AZGS Mining Info

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