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Pima County Mines in the Heritage area

  
Mine/PlacerMining District1914 mapSchrader2 Keith6 WMH
Aguinaldo Sierrita     y  
Alpha Pima     y  
Andrada Marble quarry Helvetia     y  
Arizona #3 Pima     y  

Arrastra

 Greaterville     y  
Ash Creek and Pascola Canyon Sierrita     y  
Banner Sierrita     y  
Big Johnny - Little Johnny Sierrita     y  
Black Dike Sierrita     y  

Black Princess

 Cerro Colorado     y  
Blow Out Helvetia     y  
Blue Jay / Good Friday Helvetia   p. 132 y  
Broad Top Helvetia     y  

Buckhorn

 Greaterville     y  
Bulldozer Helvetia   p. 124 y  
C. & H. Helvetia     y  

California

 Empire   p. 150 y  

Cerro Colorado mine

 Cerro Colorado     y  

Chief

 Empire     y  
Comstock Greaterville     y  
Conglomerate aka Anderson Greaterville   p. 154 y  
Contention Pima     y  
Copper Butte Pima     y  
Copper Glance Pima     y  
Copper King Pima     y  
Copper Queen Pima     y  
Copper Mountain Empire     y  

Copper World

 Helvetia     y  
 
Mine/PlacerMining District1914 mapSchrader2 Keith6 WMH
Cowboy Pima     y  
Crown claims Nos. 1 & 2 Helvetia     y  
Crown King and Tiger Pima     y  
Cuprite Helvetia   p. 134 y  
CWT Pima     y  
Daisy          
Daylight - Narragansett Helvetia     y  
Dimple Helvetia     y  
Eclipse Helvetia   p. 118 y  
Elgin Helvetia     y  
Enzenberg Greaterville     y  
Esperanza Pima     y  
Esperanza Open Pit Pima     y  
Falls claim Helvetia     y  
Fluorine Sierrita     y  
Forty-Nine Empire   p. 149 y  
Franklin, Cushing, and Marion Helvetia     y  
Golden Gate Helvetia     y  
Gopher Empire     y  
Graveyard Empire     y  
Greaterville placers Greaterville   p. 86 y  
Hancock Greaterville     y  
Heavy Weight Helvetia   p. 110 y  
High Hill Pima     y  
Hilton Empire   p. 149 y  
Hilton Tungsten claims Empire     y  
Isle Royal Helvetia   p. 108 y  
Jackson Old Baldy   p. 171 y  
Jerome #2 Empire   p. 149 y  
Justice, Red Top, and La Plata Empire     y  
 
Mine/PlacerMining District1914 mapSchrader2 Keith6 WMH
Keystone Pima     y  
King - Exile Helvetia   p. 119 y  
Lavery Empire   p. 152 y  
Lead Carbonate Empire     y  
Leader Helvetia   p. 106 y  

Liberty

 Cerro Colorado     y  
Lincoln Sierrita     y  
Lone Mountain Empire     y  
Lone Valley Pima     y  
Marconi Pima     y  

Mary G

 Cerro Colorado     y  
Mineral Hill Pima     y  
Minnie Pima     y  
Mission Pima     y  
Mohawk Helvetia   p. 115 y  
Montana Empire   p. 152 y  
Muheim - Grafen Helvetia     y  

New Colorado mine

 Cerro Colorado     y  
New Years Eve Pima     y  
New York Helvetia   p. 137 y  
Newman Helvetia     y  
Prince Empire     y  
Old Dick Helvetia   p. 113 y  
Old Pap - Old Put Helvetia   p. 131 y  
Olivette and Annette Pima     y  
Omega Helvetia   p. 115 y  
Oregon Helvetia     y  
Palo Verde Pima     y  
Pauline Helvetia     y  
Paymaster Pima     y  
Peach Helvetia   p. 125 y  
Pickwick Helvetia   p. 129 y  
Pima Open Pit Pima     y  
Plumed Knight Pima     y  
Prosperity Pima     y  
Quebec Greaterville   p. 155 y  
 
Mine/PlacerMining District1914 mapSchrader2 Keith6 WMH
Red Cloud Empire   p. 150 y  
Ridley Helvetia   p. 126 y  
Rich Hill Pima     y  
St. Louis Greaterville   p. 155 y  
Santa Rita limestone quarry Helvetia     y  
San Xavier Pima     y  
San Xavier extension Pima     y  
San Xavier unit open pit Pima     y  
Senator Morgan Pima     y  
Sierrita Open Pit Pima     y  
Silver Helmet Pima     y  

Silver Hill

 Cerro Colorado     y  

Silver Shield

 Cerro Colorado     y  
Silver Spur Helvetia   p. 119 y  
South San Xavier Pima     y  
State of Maine Empire     y  
Sunshine and Sunrise Sierrita     y  
Sweet Bye & Bye Helvetia   p. 130 y  
Total Wreck Empire   p. 144 y  
Twin Buttes open pit Pima     y  
Verde Queen Empire   p. 148 y  
Vulcan Pima     y  
Whitcomb Pima     y  
Yuba Greaterville   p. 156 y  

Location

Cerro Colorado, Empire, Greaterville, Helvetia-Rosemont, Old Baldy, Pima, and Sierrita mining districts

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 Santa Cruz County by Staton B. Keith, bulletin 191, Arizona Geological Survey, 1975
  6. Index of Mining Properties in Pima County by Staton B. Keith, bulletin 189, Arizona Geological Survey, 1974