[Ref. 2]
The Cox Gulch Prospects is a copper mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,560 feet. The mine is situated in the Palmetto District and has small veins in joints that are pseudo-banded due to alteration and replacement. The mine is free from copper carbonates and limonite, but has some alum and copper sulfate. The MRDS data shows that all mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System, but the locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy 10.
Ownership
unknown
Location
-110.78235, 31.46653 (WGS84) 4
References
- 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
- Mining in the Santa Rita and Patagonia Mountains of Arizona, U.S. Department of Interior, 1915. Republished 2014 by Kerby Jackson.
- Mike Bertram, 11/21/23
- USGS Mineral Resources Data System - possibly using NAD72 (https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/map-commodity.html#home)
- Index of Mining Properties in Santa Cruz County by Staton B. Keith, bulletin 1991, Arizona Geological Survey, 1975
- Geology of the Three R Mine, Palmetto Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona by Paul Handverger, MS thesis 1963, University of Arizona
- https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/show-mrds.php?dep_id=10046338
- https://azdeq.gov/Three-R-Mine
- https://tucson.com/news/local/three-r-mine-contributed-to-arizonas-rep-for-copper-production/article_2a25e1e1-7280-5fd5-be97-a40732a39b1b.html
- Western Mining History
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