Swallow Mine

The 'Swallow Mine' file is part of the G. M. Colvocoresses mining collection. Colvocoresses was a mining engineer and metallurgist in Arizona. He was General Manager of Southwest Metals Company, Humboldt, AZ. It acquired Consolidated Arizona Smelting Company by the end of 1921. In 1920, Colvocoresses was appointed receiver for Consolidated Arizona Smelting Company out of Phoenix. This collection is comprised mainly of his reports on field visits or submittals from approximately 300 Arizona properties and 100 more properties in the Southwest.

 

Resource ID: 
1986-01-0267
Resource Type: 
Document: Text
Theme Keywords: 
geology
gold ores
maps and atlases
metallic ores
mineral resources
mining and quarrying
natural resource assessment
reports
subsurface maps
Gold, Lode
Copper, Oxide
Quartz, Crystal
Calcium, Calcite
Fluorine, Fluorspar
Place Keywords: 
United States
Arizona
Yavapai County
Morgan Butte - 7.5 Min
Dobler
Whim Vein
Golden Wonder Shaft
T8N R2W Sec 6 SW
Wickenburg Mts. physiographic area
Black Rock metallic mineral dist.
Yavapai356
Time Keywords: 
1920s
1930s
1940s
Start Date: 
1925-01-01
End Date: 
1944-12-31
Coordinates: 
Publication Date: 
2015-06-30
Contributor: 
Colvocoresses, George M., II
Fisher, Emery W.
Lancaster, Henry M.
Collection: 
G. M. Colvocoresses
Bibliographic Citation: 
Please cite by using: [a description of the item]. 1986-01-0267, G. M. Colvocoresses mining collection, Arizona Geological Survey.
Contact Phone: 
602-771-1601