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Arizona · La Paz County

Sheba Mine

Source Corroborated Copper Underground 1 mapped shaft 5 mapped adits

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Key facts

State
Arizona
County
La Paz
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Copper
Verification
Source Corroborated

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

A former underground Cu-Au-Ag-Fe mine located in the NW¼ sec. 8, T6N, R13W (protracted), on land of unknown status. Owned and operated at times, or in part, by Shapp & Whitehouse; Cobrita Mines Co.; McCauley; and the Sheba Mining Co. Mineralization …

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Additional documented workings

  • Adit — documented in 4 source records.
    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
  • 5 adit symbols
  • Adit : Salome , 1961
  • Adit : Harcuvar Peak , 1990
  • Shaft : Harcuvar Peak , 1990
  • Adit : Harcuvar Peak , 1990
  • Adit : Salome , 1961
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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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

  • Cobrita Mines Co · Historical operator

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • commodity:Copper
  • commodity:Gold
  • commodity:Iron
  • commodity:Silver
  • Siderite

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 (1)
  • mapped adit symbols (5)

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

Sheba Mine

Historical documentation does not imply current access or open workings.

AZGS Mining Info

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 33476

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (5)

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

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