USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Maricopa County
South Vulture
Unconfirmed Gold Mixed Underground / Surface 2 mapped shafts
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Maricopa
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented 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: 63-64; AZ Dept. Min. Resources (ADMR) file data; AZ Bur. Geol. Min. Tech. clippings files; USGS 15 minut…
Additional documented workings
-
Shaft
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 2 shaft symbols
- Shaft : Vulture Mine , 1990
View individual source records (3)
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.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Surface-Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_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.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Fenninger · Historical operator · 1960
- Seidletz · Source-reported owner · 1960
Commodities & minerals
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 (2)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 106984
Supports:
- locality identity
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
Related underground mines
Copper Top Mine
Arizona · Maricopa County
Unconfirmed Gold Past Producer Underground
Historical mapped workings available
Black Hawk Mine
Arizona · Maricopa County
Unconfirmed Gold Occurrence Underground
Historical mapped workings available
Big Horn
Arizona · Maricopa County
Unconfirmed Gold Past Producer
Historical mapped workings available
Copper Top
Arizona · Maricopa County
Unconfirmed Gold Past Producer
Historical mapped workings available