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Arizona · Coconino County

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Unconfirmed Copper Mixed Underground / Surface 4 mapped shafts 1 mapped adit

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Key facts

State
Arizona
County
Coconino
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Mixed underground / surface
Primary commodity
Copper
Verification
Unconfirmed

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

A former Cu occurrence/mine located in the NW¼ sec. 32, T30N, R2E, G&SRM, 7.9 km (4.9 miles) WSW of Tusayan, 1.5 miles NW of Apex, on National Forest land. Owned by William and G. McComick, Arizona (1943), The USGS MRDS database stated accuracy for thi…

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Additional documented workings

  • Shaft — documented in 4 source records.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 4 shaft symbols
  • 1 adit symbol
  • Shaft : Tusayan West , 1979
  • Shaft : Tusayan West , 1979
  • Shaft : Tusayan West , 1979
  • Shaft : Tusayan West , 1979
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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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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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

  • Mc Comick, William And G. · Historical operator · 1943

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • commodity:Copper
  • Limestone

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 (4)
  • mapped adit symbols (1)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 67627

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (2)

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

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