USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Gila County
Summit
Source Corroborated Copper Mixed Underground / Surface 2 mapped shafts
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Gila
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Source Corroborated
Also known as
- Verde Falls Gold Mining Co
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former surface and underground Cu-Au-Ag mine located in the NE¼SE¼SE¼ sec. 36, T11N, R9E (Buckhead Mesa 7.5 minute topo map), about 1 mile SW of Birch Mesa and about 3½ miles W of Payson proper, on National Forest land. Owned by the Summit Copper Min…
Additional documented workings
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Shaft
— documented in 2 source records.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 2 shaft symbols
- Shaft : Buckhead Mesa , 1973
- Shaft : Pine , 1952
View individual source records (4)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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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
Source Corroborated
Additional historical source evidence corroborates this record. This is not a member field verification of current conditions.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Summit Copper Mines, Inc · Source-reported owner · 1956
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Chalcopyrite
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Silver
- Dioptase
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: 55659
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (5)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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