The Three R Bluebird Mill is a copper mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,551 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: 5,551 Feet (1,692 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 31.4742, -110.76390
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Three R Bluebird Mill MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Three R Bluebird Mill
Secondary: Semco Mill
Secondary: Three R Mill
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Palmetto District
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Green, Harold
Home Office: Arizona
Info Year: 1978
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant Subtype: Flotation
Operation Type: Processing Plant
Mining Method: Unknown
Milling Method: Flotation
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
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): TAILINGS FROM THE THREE R MILLL WERE SAMPLED FOR TOXIC METALS. COPPER IS THE ONLY TOXIC METAL PRESENT. ABOUT 250,000 TONS OF TAILINGS CONTAIN OVER 1% COPPER AND THE TAILINGS COULD BE PROCESSED AND CLEANED UP AT THE SAME TIME.
References
Reference (Deposit): ADMR SEMCO CORP FILE
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER F C 1915 USGS BULL 582 P.282
Reference (Deposit): USBM CORONADO NATIONAL FOREST STUDY
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