Shaft

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

Name: Shaft  

State:  Arizona

County:  Graham

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

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Workings

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Ownership

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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

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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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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