USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Pinal County
Tired Horse Claims
Unconfirmed Copper Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Pinal
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former surface and underground Cu-Au-Ag mine/claims group, located in the S½ sec. 29, T3S, R11E (Mineral Mountain 7.5 minute topo map), about 2½ miles SSW of Mineral Mountain. Mineralization includes secondary copper minerals.
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- 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
- Girton,T L · Source-reported owner · 1963
Commodities & minerals
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 68696
Supports:
- locality identity
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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