Castle Dome Copper Mine

The 'Castle Dome Copper 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: 
1986-01-0056
Resource Type: 
Document: Text
Theme Keywords: 
metallic ores
mineral resources
mining and quarrying
natural resource extraction
reports
subsurface maps
Copper, Sulfide
Copper, Oxide (Dump)
Silver
Molybdenum, Sulfide
Gemstone, Turquoise
Fluorine, Flourite
Barium, Barite
Uranium
Place Keywords: 
United States
Arizona
Gila County
Inspiration - 7.5 Min
Continental Group
Castle Dome Property
Magma Pinto Valley Mine
Bhp Pinto Valley Mine
Broken Hill Prprietary Pinto V
T1N R14E Sec 20 W2
Globe-Miami Area
Globe Hills physiographic area
Miami-Inspiration metallic mineral dist.
Gila140C
Time Keywords: 
1940s
Start Date: 
1946-01-01
End Date: 
1946-12-31
Coordinates: 
Publication Date: 
2015-06-30
Contributor: 
Mining World
Collection: 
G. M. Colvocoresses
Bibliographic Citation: 
Please cite by using: [a description of the item]. 1986-01-0056, G. M. Colvocoresses mining collection, Arizona Geological Survey.
Contact Phone: 
602-771-1601