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Over a billion tons of copper were extracted from the mine, along with significant quantities gold, silver and lead. Also, as a by-product of the mining operations, high quality turquoise (locally known as Bisbee Blue) was also discovered. On the east central slope of the Mule Mountains can be found the Copper Queen Mine.
An Arizona state park is an area of land in the U.S. state of Arizona preserved by the state for its natural, cultural, or recreational resources. The state park system in Arizona includes both state parks and state historic parks, as well as other designations such as natural areas and recreation areas.
Chloride is a onetime silver mining camp in Mohave County, Arizona, United States, and is considered the oldest continuously inhabited mining town in the state. [4] The town is a census-designated place (CDP), with a population at the 2020 census of 229. [3] Chloride has a ZIP Code of 86431.
Gleeson is a ghost town situated in southeastern Cochise County, Arizona, United States. [3] It has an estimated elevation of 4,924 feet (1,501 m) above sea level. [1] The town was first settled as Turquoise [4] in the 1870s in what was then the Arizona Territory, then later re-established as Gleeson in 1900.
Alamo Lake State Park is a state park of Arizona, United States, centered on Alamo Lake, a flood control and recreational reservoir. The park is located in western Arizona about 38 miles (61 km) north of Wenden. It is accessed via a paved two-lane road off either U.S. Route 60 to the south or U.S. Route 93 to the east. Owing to its remoteness ...
Bisbee turquoise, also known as Bisbee Blue, is amongst the finest turquoise found anywhere in the world. [2] Mining operations in the pit ended in 1974. The undeveloped Cochise deposit, located immediately north of the Lavender pit, contains an estimated 190 million tons of rock containing 0.4% acid-soluble copper, [ 3 ] which may be mined in ...
The AZGS Phoenix branch maintains tens-of-thousands of mine maps and reports acquired in 2011 when the Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources merged with AZGS. The Survey main office is located at 1955 East 6th Street, P.O. Box 210184, Tucson, AZ 85721.
Mines in Arizona — historic and present day sites of mining operations in Arizona; Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. ...