The Shaft is a copper mine located in Graham county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,325 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 5,325 Feet (1,623 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 32.5958, -109.87500
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Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Graham
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ELEVEN-FT-DEEP SHAFT ON CONTACT BETWEEN GRANITE AND A MAFIC DIKE; CHALCOPYRITE DISSEMINATED IN QUARTZ VEINLETS, MALACHITE STAINS. NO EVIDENCE OF CONTINUITY OF MINERALS AT SURFACE.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, S. D., 1993, MINERAL APPRAISAL OF THE CORONADO
Reference (Deposit): NATIONAL FOREST, PART 1, PINALENO-GREASEWOOD MOUNTAINS
Reference (Deposit): UNIT, GRAHAM COUNTY, ARIZONA: USBM OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA
Reference (Deposit): 8-93, 76 P.
Reference (Deposit): USGS STOCKTON PASS QUAD
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