Twin Buttes Mining and Smelting Co.
The 'Twin Buttes Mining and Smelting Co.' 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.
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Resource ID:
1986-01-0279
Resource Type:
Document: Text
Theme Keywords:
chemical analysis
geologic maps
geology
maps and atlases
metallic ores
mineral resources
mining and quarrying
natural resource assessment
news releases
reports
subsurface maps
Copper, Sulfide
Copper, Oxide
Molybdenum, Sulfide
Silver
Gold
Zinc
Uranium
Lead
Place Keywords:
United States
Arizona
Pima County
Twin Buttes - 7.5 Min
Twin Buttes Open Pit
T18S R13E Sec 5 C
Sierrita Mts. physiographic area
Pima metallic mineral dist.
Pima246
Time Keywords:
1900s
1910s
1930s
1940s
1950s
Start Date:
1906-01-01
End Date:
1950-12-31
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Publication Date:
2015-06-30
Contributor:
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Allison Steel Manufacturing Co.
Arizona Assay Office
Arizona Daily Star
Berls, Charles J.
Colvocoresses, George M., II
Dreyer, H. B.
Duff, Grover J.
Fields, Howard H.
Foy, William F.
Matthews, William R.
Merz, A., Jr.
Tay
Collection:
G. M. Colvocoresses
Bibliographic Citation:
Please cite by using: [a description of the item]. 1986-01-0279, G. M. Colvocoresses mining collection, Arizona Geological Survey.
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602-771-1601
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