Buckeye Mine

The Buckeye Mine is a copper mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,301 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

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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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