USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Pinal County
Turning Point Mine
Unconfirmed Lead Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Pinal
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Lead
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former surface and underground Pb-Ag-Cu-Au-V-Mo-Zn mine located in sec. 36, T9S, R4E, adjoining the Jack Rabbit Mine on the W., and located about 2¾ miles W of Tat Momoli (Jackrabbit). Discovered 1898 and produced 1898-1946. Owned by O. T. Manning, E…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 14 shaft symbols
- 6 adit symbols
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_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
- O. T. Manning, E. L. Harris, W. M. Mischer · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Descloizite
- Galena
- Gold
- Vanadinite
- Willemite
- Descloizite
- Galena
- Native Gold
View all 10 reported minerals
- Descloizite
- Galena
- Gold
- Vanadinite
- Willemite
- Descloizite
- Galena
- Native Gold
- Vanadinite
- Willemite
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 (14)
- mapped adit symbols (6)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 56105
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (5)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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