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Arizona · Pima County

Waterfall Mine

Unconfirmed Copper Underground

Key facts

State
Arizona
County
Pima
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Copper
Verification
Unconfirmed

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

Ref.: U.S. Bureau of Mines - Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology file data. MRDS database Dep. ID file #10109829, MRDS ID #M800108; and, Dep. ID #10259518, MAS ID #0040190695. A former small surface and underground Ag-Cu-Au mine loca…

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Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 3 shaft symbols
  • 6 adit symbols
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type

Verification

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

Why it's listed

USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Operators / organizations

  • Paul F Herberman And Paul F Herberman,Jr · Historical operator · 1959
  • Paul F Herberman And Ramon Morales · Historical operator · 1958

Commodities & minerals

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 (3)
  • mapped adit symbols (6)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR

Type: Historical mine documents

Record: 1 historical document

Supports:

  • historical mine identity
  • historical mine documentation

Waterfall Mine

Historical documentation does not imply current access or open workings.

AZGS Mining Info

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 189902

Supports:

  • locality identity

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

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