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Arizona · Maricopa County

Pump Mine

Unconfirmed Gold Mixed Underground / Surface 3 mapped shafts

Key facts

State
Arizona
County
Maricopa
Mining district
Big Horn District
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Mixed underground / surface
Primary commodity
Gold
Verification
Unconfirmed

Also known as

  • Purple Pansey

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

Ref.: Metzger, O.H. (1938), Gold mining and milling in the Wickenburg area, Maricopa and Yavapai Counties, Arizona: US Bur. Mines Info. Circ. 6991: 60-61; Allen, G.B. (1985), Economic Geology of the Big Horn Mountains of west-central Arizona: AZ Bur. o…

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Additional documented workings

  • Shaft — documented in 2 source records.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 3 shaft symbols
  • Shaft : Tiger Well , 1990
  • Shaft : Tiger Well , 1990
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). 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

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.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Operators / organizations

  • A And J Mining Co. , Tricon Minerals · Historical operator
  • J. Thomas · Source-reported owner

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Epidote
  • Wulfenite
  • Copper
  • Gold
  • Iron
  • Lead
  • Epidote
  • Pyrite
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  • Epidote
  • Wulfenite
  • Copper
  • Gold
  • Iron
  • Lead
  • Epidote
  • Pyrite
  • Wulfenite

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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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 (3)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 107066

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (3)

A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.

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