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Azurite / Olive Camp

Azurite, located a half-mile south of the Mineral Hill Mine, reached a population of 125 by the turn of the century. The high-grade lead-silver ores acquired from the San Xavier Mine before 1900 made it an attractive investment, having yielded a value of around $750,000.8

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Olive Camp from Official 1893 Map of Pima County

References

  1. Mineral Appraisal of Coronado National Forest, Part 12, Santa Rita Mountains Unit, MLA11-94 (1994). SR 591-609
    http://repository.azgs.az.gov/sites/default/files/dlio/files/nid1813/usbm_mla_011-94.pdf
  2. Mining in the Santa Rita and Patagonia Mountains of Arizona, U.S. Department of Interior, 1915. Republished 2014 by Kerby Jackson.
  3. Mike Bertram
  4. USGS Mineral Resources Data System - using WGS84 (https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/map-commodity.html#home)
  5. Index of Mining Properties in Pima County by Staton B. Keith, bulletin 189, Arizona Geological Survey, 1974
  6. Index of Mining Properties in Santa Cruz County by Staton B. Keith, bulletin 191, Arizona Geological Survey, 1975
  7. Mindat.org
  8. Mine Tales: Pima Mining district grew from humble beginnings by William Ascarza