The Buckeye Mine is a copper mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,301 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,301 Feet (1,311 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 33.42389, -110.76361
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Buckeye Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buckeye Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Globe Hills District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: H. P. Hinton
Years: 1957 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1901
Year Last Production: 1957
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): SHAFT AND NUMEROUS ADITS 0.3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE TOP OF BUCKEYE MTN; THE ADITS ARE ALONG THE EAST AND WEST SIDES OF A CANYON OPENING INTO COPPER GULCH.
Comment (Production): COPPER PRODUCTION FOR THE MINE PROBABLY INCLUDED IN THE DATA FOR THE OLD DOMINION MINE
Comment (Development): OPERATED IN THE 1910'S AND 1920'S BY UNITED GLOBE (OLD DOMINION CO.)
References
Reference (Deposit): PETERSON, N.P., 1962, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GLOBE-MIAMI DISTRICT, ARIZONA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 342, P. 112.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 12, P. 153.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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